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Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning:
voice: 956.364.4849
fax: 956.364.5120 Director:
Steven Szymoniak
voice: 956.364.4826 fax: 956.364.5120 Email: Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Mailing Address: Steve Szymoniak
1902 North Loop 499 Harlingen, TX 78550 Location: The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning is located in W-301 of the Irma Rangel Science and Technology Building
Office Hours: M - F: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sat., Sun.: Closed
Introduction to Critical Thinking The improvement of critical thinking (CT) in TSTC students is the primary goal for the college's quality enhancement plan (QEP). Throughout the reaffirmation process, strategies and goals have been set to focus on improving student's critical thinking. One of the first projects for the college was building a CT framework. One piece of this framework is TSTC's definition of critical thinking. TSTC's definition of critical thinking is the ability to engage in the process of:
The other components to the college's CT framework, were CT student learning objectives and outcomes, and CT assessment rubrics. Figure 1 shows a 5-step framework that can be implemented in virtually any teaching or training setting to effectively move learners toward critical thinking depicting CT framework for any discipline.
Figure 1 Image: Limbach, Duran, Waugh (2006) Listed below are the critical thinking (CT) resources that are available to faculty to assist in the implementation of CT into their departments.
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