Critical thinking is a higher-order thinking skill which mainly consists of evaluating
arguments. It is a purposeful, self-regulatory judgment which results in interpretation …

Enhancing the teaching of mathematics thus calls for increasing teachers' awareness of
crucial logical aspects of proof. The question is how best to achieve this aim. We discuss this …

In a series of six experimental studies, each consisting of three sub-studies, the central
question was researched whether adding external graphical representations to printed or …

The effect of two instructional variables, visualisation and manipulation of objects, in
learning to use the logical connective, conditional, was investigated. Instructions for 66 first …

The effect of two instructional variables, manipulation of objects and guidance, inlearning to
use the logical connective, conditional, was investigated. Instructions for72 first-and second …

Independently of their age, individuals produce weak logical responses when they solve the
Wason selection task. Many studies describe conditional reasoning, focusing on intra …

The purpose of this study is to examine perceptions of faculty and students enrolled in “dual-
mode” courses so that we may understand the challenges each group faces when teaching …

This study investigated the effects of an instructional method based on the tenets of situated
cognition versus a lecture-discussion method of instruction on education students' learning …

This paper is dealing with the question of how argumentation can be learned successfully
within daily school. The basis for answering this question builds a literature review of …

In Chapter 1, the claim that representation matters, was put forward and different types of
representations and levels of abstractness were examined in that respect. This chapter tries …