Effective pedagogy for improving critical thinking

很多人的推理能力都很差，无论用什么方式推理都是如此。尽管有证据表明人们可以被教导批判性思考，但教育者并不真正知道如何去做。他们不知道什么有用，什么没用，也不知道为什么。这项研究将系统地检验不同推理教学技术的有效性，并将用国际标准交叉验证澳大利亚的推理测试——GSA。该研究的预期结果是关于提高推理能力和GSA成功的数据。这项研究的意义在于这些数据对学生和雇主的潜在好处。

Many people reason poorly, by almost any measure of reasoning. Although there is evidence that people can be taught to think critically, educators don't really know how. They don't know what works, what doesn't, and why. This study will systematically examine the effectiveness of different techniques for teaching reasoning and will cross-validate an Australian test of reasoning - the GSA - with an international standard. The expected outcomes of the study are data about what improves reasoning and about the success of the GSA. The significance of the study lies in the potential benefits these data will have to students and employers.