Date of Award:
5-1995
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Psychology
Committee Chair(s)
Lani Van Dusen
Committee
Lani Van Dusen
Committee
Keith Checketts
Committee
Deborah Hobbs
Abstract
Critical thinking skills have become an important part of current educational practices. However, there is little empirical evidence comparing the effectiveness of the programs teaching these skills. In addition, there are questions as to whether the skills should be taught within the class content or separate from the class content.
This study assigned students attending labs as part of an educational psychology class to two experimental conditions (content-based and content-free) and a control condition. Measures were scores on lab papers and test scores for the class. In addition, an attitude survey was used to assess student attitudes to each condition, and the overall quality of the labs was assessed. An analysis of variance was performed on the data. Results indicated little difference between experimental and control conditions.
Checksum
fa98414fc5bd4043611484537ee5b902
Recommended Citation
Gee, Eric J., "The Effects of Critical Thinking Skills Training on Student Performance in an Educational Psychology Class" (1995). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 6079.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6079
Included in
Copyright for this work is retained by the student. If you have any questions regarding the inclusion of this work in the Digital Commons, please email us at .