173 Promoting Critical Thinking and Behavior Change

Wednesday, April 24, 2013: 10:30 AM-11:45 AM
Convention Center: 207CD
AAHE/Implement Strategies/Interventions/Programs
Presider: Richard E. Cain, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
Critical thinking (CT) helps one to view the world accurately, encourages lifelong learning, and to seek answers to problems that are well reasoned, accurate, and fair-minded. This presentation helps reduce concerns teachers have that teaching CT compromises instructional content that emphasizes the mastery of academic standards. Middle school through college teachers receive an overview of CT reasoning, assessment criteria, student and teacher disposition, and example strategies about how to incorporate CT into their course competencies.
Mission Possible: Making the Road to Change Easy
Lee G. Renfroe and Joyce R. McIntosh, University of North Alabama, Florence, AL
Active Learning Strategies to Promote Critical Thinking
Richard E. Cain, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT