Teaching critical thinking in psychology
Subtitle: a handbook of best practices
By: edited by Dana S. Dunn, Jane S. Halonen, and Randolph A. Smith.
Contributors: Dunn, Dana.; Halonen, Jane S.; Smith, Randolph A., 1951-
Publisher: Blackwell Pub. Ltd.; Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley-Interscience
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9781405174022; 9781405174039
Subjects: Critical thinking -- Study and teaching; Thought and thinking -- Study and teaching; Psychology -- Study and teaching
Description: "Teaching Critical Thinking in Psychology" features current scholarship on effectively teaching critical thinking skills at all levels of psychology. {u2731} Offers novel, nontraditional approaches to teaching critical thinking, including strategies, tactics, diversity issues, service learning, and the use of case studies {u2731} Provides new course delivery formats by which faculty can create online course materials to foster critical thinking within a diverse student audience {u2731} Places specific emphasis on how to both teach and assess critical thinking in the classroom, as well as issues of wider program assessment {u2731} Discusses ways to use critical thinking in courses ranging from introductory level to upper-level, including statistics and research methods courses, cognitive psychology, and capstone offerings.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Engaging minds: introducing best practices in teaching critical thinking in; title: Psychology / Dana S. Dunn, Jane S. Halonen & Randolph A. Smith; title: The case for teaching critical thinking in psychology; title: Critical thinking : needed now more than ever / Carol Wade; title: Have we demystified critical thinking? / Natalie Kerr Lawrence, Sherry L. Serdikoff, Tracy E. Zinn & Suzanne C. Baker; title: Are they ready yet? : developmental issues in teaching thinking / Laird O. Edman; title: Simple strategies for teaching your students to think critically / William Buskist & Jessica Irons; title: Assessing critical thinking; title: Measure for measure: the challenge of assessing critical thinking / Jane S. Halonen; title: Programmatic assessment of critical thinking / Kevin J. Apple, Sherry L. Serdikoff, Monica Reis-Bergan, and Kenneth E. Barron; title: A process approach to critical thinking about complex concepts / Stacie M. Spencer & Marin Gillis; title: Critical thinking in critical psychology courses; title: Integrating critical thinking with course content / David W. Carroll, Allen H. Keniston & Blaine F. Peden; title: Critical thinking on contemporary issues / Susan L. O'Donnell, Alisha L. Francis & Sherrie L. Mahurin; title: The repertory grid as a heuristic tool in teaching undergraduate psychology  /Jjoseph A. Mayo; title: Critical thinking in critical courses : principles and applications / Janet E. Kuebli, Richard Harvey & James Korn; title: Teaching critical thinking in statistics and research methods / Bryan K. Saville, Tracy E. Zinn, Natalie K. Lawrence, Kenneth E. Barron, and Jeffrey Andre; title: Integrating critical thinking across the psychology curriculum; title: Teaching critical thinking through writing / Dana S. Dunn & Randolph A. Smith; title: Using service learning to promote critical thinking in the psychology curriculum / Elizabeth Yost Hammer; title: Beyond standard lectures : supporting the development of critical thinking in cognitive psychology courses / Jordan P. Lippman, Trina C. Kershaw, James W. Pellegrino & Stellan Ohlsson; title: Why we believe : fostering critical thought and scientific literacy in research methods / Bernard C. Beins; title: Special targets of critical thinking : immovable objects and irresistible forces / Paul C. Smith & Kris Vasquez; title: Thinking critical beyond the classroom; title: Thinking critically about careers in psychology / Deb Briihl Claudia J. Stanny, Kiersten A. Jarvis, Maria Darcy, and Ronald W. Belter; title: Critical briefings : short reports on critical thinking; title: Best and worst : learning to think like a psychologist / Dana Gross; title: Personal mission statements as tools for developing writing and reflection skills / Lawrence Benjamin Lewis & Elizabeth Yost Hammer; title: A module-based research project : modeling critical thinking in psychology / Nina Lamson & Katherine Kipp; title: Effectively using literature circles in the psychology classroom / Rebecca Wenrich Wheeler; title: Introducing controversial issues in psychology through debate and reflection / Sherri B. Lantinga; title: The critical thinking lab : developing student skills through practical application / Todd J. Wilkinson, Bryan J. Dik & Andrew P. tix; title: Encouraging students to think critically about psychotherapy : overcoming naive realism / Scott O. Lilienfeld, Jeffrey M. Lohr & Bunmi O. Olatunji; title: Effectiveness of a web-based critical thinking module / Beth Dietz-Uhler; title: An introductory exercise for promoting critical thinking about psychological measurement / Jeffrey D. Holmes.