Why Critical Thinking Should Be Combined With Written Composition

Authors

  • Donald L. Hatcher

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22329/il.v19i2.2326

Keywords:

assessing critical thinking skills, combining critical thinking and composition, critical thinking, critical thinking assessment, critical thinking tests, critical thinking and composition, critical thinking and writing, written composition, written composition assessment

Abstract

This paper provides evidence and arguments that, given the choice of teaching critical thinking and written composition as separate, stand-alone courses or combining them, the two should be combined into an integrated sequence.

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Published

1999-01-01

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 2 (1999)

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