Critical Thinking Skill Development and Information Literacy

Type of Presentation

Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)

Target Audience

Higher Education

Presenter Information

Elise Wallace, The Citadel, SC

Location

Room 1002

Proposal

See presentation description.

Short Description

Critical thinking skills are essential to information literacy. This presentation will describe a study, its methodology and resulting data, conducted with college freshmen, to determine the effectiveness of certain exercises in developing critical thinking skills. Examples of these exercises will be shared with session participants.

Keywords

Information literacy, Critical thinking skills, College freshman

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Recommended Citation

Wallace, Elise, "Critical Thinking Skill Development and Information Literacy" (2012). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 23.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2012/2012/23