Teaching Critical Thinking without (Much) Writing: Multiple-Choice and Metacognition

In this essay, I explore an exam format that pairs multiple-choice questions with required rationales. In a space adjacent to each multiple-choice question, students explain why or how they arrived at the answer they selected. This exercise builds the critical thinking skill known as metacognition,...

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Main Author: Bassett, Molly H. 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [2016]
In: Teaching theology and religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-40
IxTheo Classification:AH Religious education
ZF Education
Further subjects:B Critical Thinking
B exams
B Metacognition
B multiple-choice questions
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