Embedding General Education Competencies into an Online Information Literacy Course

Rao, Srivalli; Cameron, Agnes; Gaskin-Noel, Susan

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“…This is not an exclusive concern of the Catholic University of Manizales, but one of all national and international universities. Cited by Rao, Cameron and Gaskin (2009).…”

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A study of critical thinking in higher education students

2020

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The study shows a proposal on specific diagnosis of critical thinking skills in higher education students according to literal, inferential and critical reading levels. A literature review on Critical thinking was done to support concepts. This proposal is adapted from the variables of the information obtained. One of the conclusions shows that the career profile is a determining factor in the result and that motivation and interest are outstanding in the reading and writing processes. Teaching students to evaluate their own processes and helping teachers to include critical readings in their curricula will help to develop effective skills associated with critical thinking. The general objective of the research project is to strengthen Critical Thinking and the argumentative capacity of the students of the schools of Administration, Health Sciences, Engineering and Architecture, Social Sciences, Humanities and Theology through strategies of reading and writing. A mixed methodology was used; the researches designed and administered 2 critical reading texts, each with 10 questions and organized in 3 reading levels (literal,inferential and critical), to 158 students; then, a data analysis on how students infer, interpret and analyze text content before they start a communicative course was done. The results show that according to the professional profile, some students are more argumentative that others and that students lack Critical Thinking skills.

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“…This is not an exclusive concern of the Catholic University of Manizales, but one of all national and international universities. Cited by Rao, Cameron and Gaskin (2009).…”

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A study of critical thinking in higher education students

2020

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“…To this end, they ask that undergraduate curricula include components that develop reading and writing skills, but at the same time ask interdisciplinary networks to be established. Institutions of higher education are increasingly aware of the need to assess core competencies so that graduating students are able to think and read critically, research and use information, analyze quantita-tive data, and write effectively and fluently (Rao et al, 2009;Shepherd et al, 2012;Callejas, 2015Bowers, 2017.…”

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Real Problem Solving as a Teaching Strategy for Physics Education: Case Study

Jiménez

Gil-Duque

Garces-GÃ3mez

2021

JPII

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The project presents the application of the stages proposed by Poyla for solving problems in mathematics, which have been adapted in mechanical physic. Critical reading strategies have also been applied resulting in reading physical problems comprehensively. Objectives: To incorporate real problem solving as a teaching strategy in two mechanical physics courses (one experimental and another traditional), in order to characterize the group that applies the problem-solving strategy. To validate the problem-solving strategy in mechanical physics. Methods: Mixed research including analysis and contrast of results obtained from two control groups: one experimental (24 university students of Mechanical Physics) and another traditional (16 university students of Mechanical Physics). The control group approaches the study of the subjects in a traditional way where the problems proposed are solved intuitively and somehow mechanically. The experimental group solves the proposed problems by applying each of the stages of the proposed sequence. The experimental group solves the proposed problems by applying each of the stages of the proposed sequence. This study differs from previous studies in that most are related to problem-solving in mathematics and in this case, we focus on physics with the value of involving elements related to critical reading, which gives a more realistic look of the Physical phenomenon studied from the interpretation of its occurrence and how it impacts the environment, which favors its theoretical understanding and gives meaning to its mathematical modeling.

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Appendix 4: A Bibliometric Analysis of Scholarly Literature Related to Information Literacy and Critical Thinking

Matthews

2010

Information Literacy in the Digital Age

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Embedding General Education Competencies into an Online Information Literacy Course

Cited by 4 publications

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A study of critical thinking in higher education students

A study of critical thinking in higher education students

Real Problem Solving as a Teaching Strategy for Physics Education: Case Study

Appendix 4: A Bibliometric Analysis of Scholarly Literature Related to Information Literacy and Critical Thinking

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