Despite the growing popularity of self-directed learning (SDL) research, the impacts of this
approach on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teaching and learning …

Drawing on many years of research, this book shows how knowledge is structured and how
professors and students perceive learning in their fields. It also offers strategies for …

Differences in the kinds of knowledge validation processes, truth criteria, and other factors
associated with knowledge production are presented for five disciplines (physics …

Critical thinking is a major and enduring aspect of higher education and the development of
criticality in students has long been a core aim. However, understandings of criticality are …

What are students learning in university? Can this learning be measured? We do not at this
time possess a conceptual framework for understanding what and how knowledge is …

How do gifted students think? Are their thinking processes significantly different from their
nonidentified peers? The author explores issues related to theory, methods and validity of …

The article reveals the possibilities of interactive tests created using multimedia technologies
for the development of students intellectual skills. It also considers the use of interactive …

Disciplines in postsecondary education have traditionally used different models to describe
the thinking processes required in their field. From a review of the models used in different …

Use of Perry's developmental scheme to test college students' intellectual development
found that instead of developmental stages, there are two possible general attitudes taken …

What are students expected to learn in physics courses? Eight expert physics teachers and
researchers, two from the University of Western Ontario in Canada, Cambridge University in …