Across the Curriculum
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May 19, 1999
Art attended a National Science Foundation seminar on developing critical thinking in the sciences taught by Craig E. Nelson. Following is a list of resources from Art's presentation on the seminar. BC faculty and staff may contact Art through campus email to request any of the following handouts.
1) The development of reasoning among college biology students - a review of research, Anton E. Lawson2) Hand-scoring procedure for Learning Context Questionnaire (see #3 below)
3) Learning Context Questionnaire, Griffith & Chapman
4) Classroom test of scientific reasoning, Lawson
5) Piaget for Chemists, explaining what "good" students cannot understand, Herron
6)From Teaching to Learning, A new paradigm for undergraduate education, Barr & Tagg
7) Knowledge restructuring in the life sciences: a longitudinal study of conceptual change in Biology, Pearsall, Skipper, & Mintzes
8) Developing reflexive judgment - Understanding and promoting intellectual growth and critical thinking in adolescents and adults, King & Kitchner
9) Constructivism - A theory of knowledge, Bodner
9-1/2) I have found you an argument - The conceptual knowledge of beginning chemistry graduate students, Bodner
10) Science majors vs nonmajors: is there a difference?, Sundberg & Dini
11)Discussions for deeper learning: an example using role-structuring, content structuring, and small groups, Nelson*
12) How to find more about college teaching and its scholarship, Nelson* (bibliography)
13) On the persistence of Unicorns: the tradeoff between content and critical thinking revisited, Nelson*
14) small group discussion worksheet, Nelson*
15) Critical thinking exercises for introductory biology courses, Tyser & Crebin
16) Reflexive judgment exercise using article on evolution (by Kottler)
17) Learning about evolution and rejecting a belief in special creation: effects of a reflective reasoning skill, prior knowledge, prior belief and religious commitment, Lawson & Worsnop
18) Mathematics achievement among African American undergraduates at UC Berkeley: an evaluation of the mathematics workshop program, Fullilove & Treisman
19) A scientific attitude inventory: a revision (SAI II), Moore & Foy
20) A guide to introductory physics teaching, Aarons
21) Changing science courses to promote critical thinking, Nelson* (seminar handout - rather hard to follow)
Updated August 27, 2003