OBJECTIVE To provide a brief introduction to the definition and disposition to think critically along with active learning strategies to promote critical thinking. DATA SOURCES I searched MEDLINE and Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) from 1933 to 2002 for literature related to critical thinking, the disposition to think critically, questioning, and various critical-thinking peda...

in recent years, language-learning research has been more concerned with factors that may affect the choice of learning strategies among learners. in studies conducted by cohen (1990), ehrman and oxford (1995), macintyre and gardner (1989) and reid (1987), these factors have been identified as motivation, gender, learning style, previous experience, and personality type. this study attempts to ...

The development of critical thinking skills in agricultural audiences has been identified as an important need. While several studies have examined the effect of teacher delivery methods that foster higher order thinking, levels of cognition, and critical thinking in agricultural education, few studies have addressed delivery methods fostering critical thinking in agricultural distance educatio...

Information Technology (IT) high school learners are constantly struggling to cope with the challenges of succeeding in the subject. IT teachers, therefore, need to be empowered to utilize appropriate teaching–learning strategies to improve IT learners’ success in the subject. By promoting critical thinking skills, IT learners have the opportunity to achieve greater success in the most difficul...

The hypothesis that visual perception and mental imagery are equivalent has never been explored in individuals with vision defects not preventing the visual perception of the world, such as refractive errors. Refractive error (i.e., myopia, hyperopia or astigmatism) is a condition where the refracting system of the eye fails to focus objects sharply on the retina. As a consequence refractive er...

The Use of Emotional Regulation Strategies in Reducing Test Anxiety during Test-Taking E. AryanaKia J. Hassani, Ph.D. It is well known that the use of emotional regulation strategies can reduce negative emotional experiences including anxiety. However, does the use of such strategies while taking an exam result in reducing test anxiety? To answer this question a cluster sample of 3...

Advanced treatment capabilities enable cities to augment drinking water supplies with purified wastewater. This image shows treated water feeding into a microfiltration unit, part of the Orange County Groundwater Replenishment System.

This paper examines the metadata strategies of Moving Image Collections (MIC), a collaboration of the Library of Congress and the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA). MIC offers a union catalog, archive directory and informational resources about moving images and their preservation, through a portal structure delivering customized information to diverse constituencies. The paper disc...