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The development of reflective thinking in the college years: The mixed results
Author(s) -
King Patricia M.,
Kitchener Karen Strohm
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
new directions for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0741
pISSN - 0271-0560
DOI - 10.1002/he.36919938404
Subject(s) - memorization , mathematics education , higher education , psychology , pedagogy , political science , law
Abstract This chapter describes evidence on how college students become increasingly able to reason about complex problems and discusses its implications for strengthening teaching and learning in the major. Basically, you learn two kinds of things in college: Thingsyou will need to know in later life (2 hours) … and Things you will not need to know in later life (1198 hours). These are the things you learn in classes whose names end in “ology,” “osophy,” “istry,” “ics,” and so on. The idea is, you memorize these things, then write them down in little exam books, then forget them. If you fail to forget them, you become a professor and have to stay in college for the rest of your life.