Authors
Thomas F Nelson Laird, Tricia A Seifert, Ernest T Pascarella, Matthew J Mayhew, Charles F Blaich
Publication date
2014/5/1
Journal
The journal of higher education
Volume
85
Issue
3
Pages
402-432
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Description
This study estimates the effects of a deep approaches to learning scale and its subscales on measures of students' critical thinking, need for cognition, and positive attitudes toward literacy, controlling for pre-college scores for the outcomes and other covariates. Results suggest reflection is critical to making gains across the outcomes.
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