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Improving Critical Thinking May Take Practice

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The research aimed to test and improve participants’ ability to identify the following common fallacies, which can lead people to draw inaccurate conclusions from information and data: random chance. Each group of study participants started the experiment by taking a pre-test and receiving training about critical thinking.

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Study Finds Classroom-Response 'Clickers' Can ‘Impede Conceptual Understanding’

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Plenty of peer-reviewed research shows that classroom “clickers” improve student learning when it comes to delivering facts. Millions of students in colleges and schools around the world take classes that require clickers, small remote controls that let students buzz in answers to multiple choice questions during class.

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