Teaching Critical Thinking with Electronic Discussion

Steven A. Greenlaw () and Stephen B. DeLoach ()
Additional contact information
Steven A. Greenlaw: Mary Washington College

Journal of Economic Education, 2003, vol. 34, issue 1, pages 36-52

Abstract: One of the products of a liberal undergraduate education is the ability to think critically. In practice, critical thinking is a skill that economics students are supposed to master as they complete their studies. However, exactly what critical thinking means is generally not well defined. Building on the literature on critical thinking, the authors examine how electronic discussion can be used effectively to teach this skill. Because of the multiplicity of views expressed, the asynchronous nature of the technology, and the inherent positive spillovers that are created, electronic discussion appears to provide a natural framework for teaching critical thinking.

Keywords: class discussion; critical thinking; distance learning; electronic discussion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
View list of references View citations in EconPapers

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.journalofeconed.org/pdfs/winter2003/4greenlawwinter03.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:jee:journl:v:34:y:2003:i:1:p:36-52

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Journal of Economic Education from Helen Dwight Reid Foundation
Series data maintained by Andrew Ivers (). This e-mail address is bad, please contact .