Teaching critical thinking? New directions in science education

By Jonathan Osborne

Issue 352 | Page 53 | Published Mar 2014

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Opportunities to engage in critique, argumentation and questioning not only help build students' understanding of science but also develop their ability to reason scientifically.

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