Miriam Segura?Totten|Nancy Dalman
The CREATE Method Does Not Result in Greater Gains in Critical Thinking than a More Traditional Method of Analyzing the Primary Literature
University of North Georgia|University of North Georgia
analysis primary literature undergraduate curriculum associated gains student learning particular create consider read elucidate hypotheses analyze interpret data think next experiment method associated increase student critical thinking skills adapted create method within required cell biology class compared learning gains students using create students involved less structured literature discussions found sets students gains critical thinking students used create method show significant improvement students engaged traditional method dissecting literature students also reported similar learning gains literature discussion methods study suggests least educational context create method lead higher learning gains less structured way reading primary literature