Re: [Phys-l] Critical Thinking: Designing Instructional Strategies to Promote Critical Thought

[Richard Hake <rrhake@earthlink.net>]

Some subscribers to Phys-L might be interested in a discussion list 
post "Re: Critical Thinking: Designing Instructional Strategies to 
Promote Critical Thought" [Hake (2011)].
The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: Valerie Kisiel, in her STLHE_L post "Critical Thinking: 
Designing Instructional Strategies to Promote Critical Thought" has 
pointed to:

a.  a commercially available "Overview of Critical Thinking Workshop" 
<http://bit.ly/hb5YCX>; and

b.  the "Critical Thinking Community" <http://bit.ly/e3GEyz> 
(CTC):"Celebrating 30 years of working for essential change in 
education."

The CTC is sponsoring the "31st International Conference on Critical 
Thinking" <http://bit.ly/ggeVjr>, 25-28 July 2011 (Pre-conference 
23-24 July) in Berkeley, CA. Presenters will be Rush Cosgrove 
<http://bit.ly/gvSxyG>, Linda Elder <http://bit.ly/hC2U9V>, Gerald 
Nosich <http://bit.ly/f3JUrJ>, Richard Paul <http://bit.ly/h7dOlM>.

Elder and Paul are authors of many of the Critical Thinking 
Community's set of 21 "Thinkers Guides" - see <http://bit.ly/hvNeTc>. 
Among the titles are "Intellectual Standards," "Scientific Thinking," 
"Engineering Reasoning," "The Art of Asking Essential Questions," 
"The Art of Socratic Questioning," and "How to Improve Student 
Learning."

Are any list subscribers familiar with the those Guides? What is 
their connection, if any, with Adey & Shayer's "Cognitive 
Acceleration" & Feuerstein's "Instrumental Enrichment" 
<http://bit.ly/fASlF1>?
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands
President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the
      Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII)
<rrhake@earthlink.net>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi>
<http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com>
<http://iub.academia.edu/RichardHake>

"The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday 
thinking. It is for this reason that the critical thinking of the 
physicist cannot possibly be restricted to the examination of 
concepts from his own specific field. He cannot proceed without 
considering critically a much more difficult problem, the problem of 
analyzing the nature of everyday thinking."
    -- Albert Einstein (1936) in "Physics and Reality"
   

REFERENCES [All URL's accessed on 24 March 2011 and shortened by 
<http://bit.ly/>.]
Einstein, A.  1936. "Physics and Reality," J. of the Franklin 
Institute 221. An abstract is online at <http://bit.ly/hhfwwb> .

Hake, R.R. 2011. "Re: Critical Thinking: Designing Instructional 
Strategies to Promote Critical Thought," online on the OPEN! AERA-L 
archives at <http://bit.ly/hNNf1E>. Post of 24 Mar 2011 09:44:12-0700 
to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post 
are being distributed to various discussion lists and are also online 
on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/fBQdVr> with a provision 
for comments.