Computerized Training in Critical Thinking (CT)2: A Skill-Based Program for Army Personnel

Fischer, Susan C.; Spiker, V. Alan; Harris, Douglas H.; McPeters, Evan R; Riedel, Sharon L.

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“…The prototype training system described in this volume provides training for two of the eight identified CTS. A succeeding report (Fischer, Spiker, Harris, McPeters, & Riedel, 2008) describes the expanded training system which trains all eight CTS.…”

Section: Critical Thinking Training For Army Officers Volume Three: Dmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The expanded training system has received positive evaluations from users (see Fischer, et al, 2008). The training has the advantage of being accessible by anyone with Internet access, which means that it could be used by any Army or reservist field unit anywhere in the world.…”

Section: The Next Step: Expanded Web-based System For Training Criticmentioning

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“…This research underlies the expanded version of (CT) 2 (Fischer, et al, 2008) which offers training for all eight of the critical thinking skills. In addition to the two in the prototype (CT) 2 , the following skills are also trained:…”

Section: Frame the Message And Recognize Gist In Materialmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, a user's manual was developed (Fischer, Spiker, Harris, & McPeters, 2004). This ensures that (CT) 2 can be easily used by schoolhouse instructors and commanders who may wish to use it to train their units, The manual includes an overview of the training, and the learning objectives targeted by the system.…”

Section: Frame the Message And Recognize Gist In Materialmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This volume describes the prototype training system that was developed, including the functional requirements, pedagogical principles, learning objectives, course organization and content, and evaluation of training. A fourth report (Fischer, Spiker, Harris, McPeters, & Riedel, 2008) describes the expanded training system and its assessment.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Critical Thinking Training for Army Officers. Volume Three. Development and Assessment of a Web-Based Training Program

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Riedel³

2009

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2009

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Fog learning for cultivating critical thinking in information seeking process

Haghparast

Abdullah

Nasaruddin

2018

Concurrency and Computation

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Fog computing has been emerged as a promising paradigm with the different applications from industry to academic area. In this paper, we proposed a new concept, namely fog learning with the aim of addressing the critical thinking as a demanding issue in academic area. Due to the distributed architecture of our fog learning model, it can be used anywhere, anytime, and with the minimum latency in comparison with the existing mobile and cloud learning models to foster the critical thinking. To test the effectiveness of the proposed method, we applied the Software Usability Measurement Inventory (SUMI) as well as the acceptance test. We firstly showed that more than 74% of participants suffered from lack of critical thinking. Moreover, the participants indicated that they use several critical thinking skills during information seeking process, which shows there are relationships between critical thinking skills and the information seeking processes.According to the relationships between critical thinking skills and the information seeking processes, we designed a prototype for cultivating of critical thinking on the basis of fog learning. The results of the prototype evaluation emphasized on its positive role to foster critical thinking. KEYWORDScritical thinking skills, fog computing, fog learning, information seeking process, postgraduate students, prototype INTRODUCTIONCritical thinking (CT) is a significant skill in the information society to recognize false, incomplete, old, or new information. One of the main goals of higher education in the information age is to make students active in the learning process. 1 Facione 2 stated that teaching students to think critically is not only important to the society in general but is also vital to the students' learning process. Most instructors claim that it is essential for students to develop CT skills when they start their academic learning because these skills help students to have purposeful and self-regulatory reasoning.CT also helps students to evaluate the opinion of others, make decisions, and arrive at a reasonable conclusion when encountering complicated problems. 3Recently, the Internet has been known as a popular information source to meet different information needs, especially during learning process of students. Due to the variety of information resources, it is an essential task for students to know how to find, analyze, and evaluate the information.The students can find proper information while they attempt to pass the information seeking processes by leveraging the CT. 4 In spite of the importance of CT in higher education and industry, feedback from the industry still indicates the lack of CT skills among new graduate students. 5,6 Therefore, the first problem of this study is lack of CT among postgraduate students who graduate from universities in a variety of degrees and disciplines. As a result, finding a solution to cultivate CT is highly required.On the other hand, well-educated persons with CT skills are able to recognize relevant information...

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Operational Assessment of Tools for Accelerating Leader Development (ALD): Volume I, Capstone Report

Leibrecht¹,

McGilvray²,

Tystad³

et al. 2009

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This report, in two volumes, describes the operational demonstration and assessment of an innovative toolkit resulting from a research program aimed at enhancing self-development of junior leaders in the Army. The toolkit contains online diagnostic and training tools that build self-awareness, metacognitive abilities, critical thinking skills, and interpersonal skills. Soldiers in units and user juries provided feedback on the tools. The pressures of the operational environment seriously limited the time available to work with the tools. The user satisfaction results indicated the toolkit provides a reasonable mix of capabilities, but completeness remains an open question. The tools appear to be especially suitable for use in pre-commissioning and military education programs. They offer moderately favorable acceptability, learning effectiveness, and value. However, the online learning methods may need modification to accommodate the importance Army leaders place on interpersonal interaction with mentors and peers. The findings, lessons learned, and recommendations can help decision makers, program architects, training developers, and research investigators advance the state of the art for leadership development programs. Volume II, ARI Research Note 2009-09, presents the report's appendices.

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Computerized Training in Critical Thinking (CT)2: A Skill-Based Program for Army Personnel

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

Critical Thinking Training for Army Officers. Volume Three. Development and Assessment of a Web-Based Training Program

Critical Thinking Training for Army Officers. Volume Three. Development and Assessment of a Web-Based Training Program

Fog learning for cultivating critical thinking in information seeking process

Operational Assessment of Tools for Accelerating Leader Development (ALD): Volume I, Capstone Report

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