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标题：Does A Business Curriculum Develop Or Filter Critical Thinking?
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作者：B. Jay Coleman ; Paul Mason ; Jeffrey W. Steagall 等
期刊名称：American Journal of Business Education
电子版ISSN：1942-2512
出版年度：2012
卷号：5
期号：04
页码：409-416
出版社：Clute Institute for Academic Research
摘要：We investigate whether a business curriculum develops critical thinking ability or at least serves as a filter for critical thinking (i.e., students who cannot think critically tend not to progress toward graduation). We measure critical thinking by performance on the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal Short Form which was administered to a sample of 600 students enrolled in a junior-level operations management course. We find that students who have completed more credit hours score significantly higher than those with fewer hours completed. This advantage appears specifically evident in the areas of interpreting information and evaluating arguments.