Strengthening critical thinking in engineering students

P Caratozzolo, A Alvarez-Delgado… - International Journal on …, 2019 - Springer
Governments, accreditation agencies and employers are increasingly interested in the
development of a set of soft skills in students among which critical thinking is found to be a …

[HTML][HTML] Developing critical thinking in technical and vocational education and training

F López, M Contreras, M Nussbaum, R Paredes… - Education …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Critical thinking has been difficult to develop in technical and vocational education and
training, where acquiring practical skills is often the priority. This study looks at whether tried …

Defining and measuring critical thinking in engineering

EP Douglas - Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2012 - Elsevier
Critical thinking is generally recognized as an important skill, and one that is a primary goal
of higher education. However, there is surprisingly little in the literature regarding critical …

[PDF][PDF] Developing a methodology for teaching and evaluating critical thinking skills in first-year engineering students

LM Michaluk, J Martens, RL Damron, KA High - International Journal of …, 2016 - rit.edu
Many program outcomes required by ABET 2000 criteria require that students learn critical
thinking and communication skills as part of the engineering curriculum. In this study, we …

Fostering specific dispositions of critical thinking for student engagement in engineering

P Caratozzolo, A Alvarez-Delgado… - 2019 IEEE Global …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent international reports highlight the need for developing engineering students' soft
skills to a greater degree for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In particular, critical thinking …

A model of critical thinking as an important attribute for success in the 21st century

SĿ ŽivkoviĿ - Procedia-social and behavioral sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to suggest a specific teaching approach which employs a critical
thinking model, as well as to show the possibilities for structuring professional knowledge …

Critical thinking skills of engineering and human sciences students

F ANAJAFI, Z ZERAAT, MZ SOLTAN… - 2009 - sid.ir
Aims. The extreme purpose of educational system, is training thinkful people and critical
THINKING is one of the characterized way of THINKING. The aim of this study was to …

Analysis of critical thinking skills in vocational high school automotive engineering students

D Lestari, S Haryani, SS Sumarti - Journal of Innovative Science …, 2020 - journal.unnes.ac.id
The 21 st Century demands that every human being be able to solve the problems faced by
thinking creatively and critically and be able to use information and communication …

[PDF][PDF] Interdisciplinary critical and design thinking

V Šuligoj, R Žavbi, S Avsec - International journal of engineering education, 2020 - ijee.ie
Despite the importance of design thinking, there has been little research on interdisciplinary
augmentation and the clear articulation of cognitive domain effects is still missing. The …

A study of critical thinking and cross-disciplinary teamwork in engineering education

HJ Yazici, LA Zidek, H St. Hill - … in industrial and systems engineering: Key …, 2020 - Springer
Preparing engineer students for a career in engineering reaches beyond typical coursework,
memorizing equations and solving end of the chapter problems. Students must learn to work …