Development of a college level freshman biology course was undertaken in response to government reports that American students have fallen behind students of other countries in the area of the sciences. Teaching strategies were investigated to accomplish two objectives, to define essential academic material to include in the course and to investigate teaching techniques that would increase deep processing of the information. An active process that consisted of applying the cognitive information to solving problems or developing answers to questions was defined as critical thinking. Critical thinking was incorporated into the course by the use of case studies.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc3158 |
Date | 05 1900 |
Creators | Blevins, Mary Jean |
Contributors | O'Donovan, Gerard A., Shanley, Mark S., White, Olivia |
Publisher | University of North Texas |
Source Sets | University of North Texas |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
Format | Text |
Rights | Public, Copyright, Blevins, Mary Jean, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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