Abstract Student Evaluations of Teaching (SETs) do not measure teaching effectiveness,
and their widespread use by university administrators in decisions about faculty hiring …

Critical thinking is a competency which is being required from students in their personal and
professional life. For this reason, universities must do their most to include it in their syllabus …

Critical thinking features in university syllabi, programmes, and classes both in the UK and
US and is considered one of the primary learning outcomes of higher education. Yet …

Gracias al desarrollo del aprendizaje basado en competencias, se ha producido un gran
interés por el pensamiento crítico en la educación superior. La empleabilidad, por otra …

The ninth edition of The Sociology of Education examines the field in rare breadth by
incorporating a diverse range of theoretical approaches and a distinct sociological lens in its …

Teachers play a crucial role in attaining a major objective of higher education: fostering
students' critical thinking (CT). Yet, little is known about how to foster teachers' own CT-skills …

In this article, I address the paradox that university grade point averages have increased for
decades, whereas the time students invest in their studies has decreased. I argue that one …

There is a need for effective methods to teach critical thinking (CT). One instructional method
that seems promising is comparing correct and erroneous worked examples (ie, contrasting …

In an increasingly changing world, critical thinking is one of the key skills that ensure
organizations' competitive advantage. Thus, in higher education institutions, there is an …

Nowadays, both on-line and" off-line" lives seem to be bound to the terms of democratization
of information. While this brings clear advantages, does free and fast access to plenty of …