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critical thinking: a standalone construct

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Educational psychology

purposeful, reasoned and goal-directed thinking that can be taught for transfer through dispositions, skills, structure training and metacognition.

In educational psychology, critical thinking refers to purposeful, reasoned and goal-directed thinking that can be taught for transfer through dispositions, skills, structure training and metacognition. This meaning comes from Halpern (1998) in American Psychologist.[1]

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References

Halpern, D. F. (1998). Teaching critical thinking for transfer across domains: Disposition, skills, structure training, and metacognitive monitoring. American Psychologist, 53(4), 449-455. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066x.53.4.449

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