Critical thinking, peer-writing, and the importance of feedback.

Abstract

Critical thinking is one of the key competencies listed by OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) [1], a central European Community organization, and is also mentioned as a learning outcome for higher education by international organizations, such as ABET, ACM, and IEEE, as well as in numerous national and university legislations regarding higher education degrees. The ability to communicate, not least in writing, is another important competence our students are supposed to gain during their education. There is thus high agreement regarding the importance of these competencies, but it is not clear how to achieve this.

Citation

CAJANDER, A., DANIELS, M., PETERS, A.-K. and MCDERMOTT, R. 2014. Critical thinking, peer-writing, and the importance of feedback. In Proceedings of the 2014 Frontiers in education conference (FIE 2014): opening innovations and internationalization in engineering education, 22-25 October 2014, Madrid, Spain. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article number 7044234. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2014.7044234

• Conference Name: 2014 Frontiers in education conference (FIE 2014)
• Conference Location: Madrid, Spain
• Start Date: Oct 22, 2014
• End Date: Oct 25, 2014
• Acceptance Date: Oct 22, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Oct 22, 2014
• Publication Date: Feb 19, 2015
• Deposit Date: Mar 14, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 14, 2017
• Print ISSN: 0190-5848
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Article Number: 7044234
• Series ISSN: 0190-5848
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2014.7044234
• Keywords: Critical thinking; Peer writing; Feedback; Collaboration; Writing; Competencies
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2223