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- Title
The Impact of a Capstone Farm Management Course on Critical Thinking Abilities.
- Authors
Perry, Dustin K.; Paulsen, Thomas H.; Retallick, Michael S.
- Abstract
Current research demonstrates a need to explore the effects of specific course designs or directed activities on higher education students' critical thinking abilities. Specifically, such research on the effect of an experiential learning-based capstone course is limited. All students (N = 54) enrolled in a capstone farm management course completed a critical thinking assessment test through a pretest--posttest design, and 25 of the paired tests were analyzed using t tests. Although there were no statistically significant increases for overall critical thinking scores, there was a significant increase in one subskill: Summarize a pattern of results in a graph. The capstone course in this study may emphasize only certain subskills of critical thinking development while negating to address others. The key implication for instructors of similar capstone courses is to be intentional in targeting development of the wide array of specific skills shown to affect overall critical thinking abilities.
- Subjects
STUDY &; teaching of farm management; CAPSTONE courses; CRITICAL thinking; HIGHER education; PROBLEM solving; AGRICULTURAL education
- Publication
Journal of Agricultural Education, 2015, Vol 56, Issue 2, p13
- ISSN
1042-0541
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5032/jae.2015.02013