Evaluative Literature Review Writing by Novice Academic Writers: Enhancing Knowledge and Awareness by Aksakallı Canan, Yağız Oktay, Bakırtaş Şennur, Ötügen Rabia

“…The supportive implementation, which aimed at evaluative and critical literature review writing, positively affected students’ skills, increasing their awareness about the characteristics of effective literature reviews and improving their evaluation and critical thinking skills. The results also offered insights into graduate students’ strengths and weaknesses in evaluative and critical literature review writing.…”
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A Clinically-Reasoned Approach to Manual Therapy in Sports Physical Therapy by Steven Short, Matthew Tuttle, Dillon Youngman

“…Applying symptom modification strategies to safely allow the continuation of sport and exercise requires critical thinking utilizing not only the evidence-base, but also the multi-factorial nature of sports participation and pain management. …”
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Alignment of Iranian EAP Programs With Critical Principles: An Exploration of Educator Perspectives by Behruz Lotfi Gaskaree, Nasser Fallah, Mohsen Nili-Ahmadabadi

“…Iranian curriculum defined EAP goals around content learning and exams, neglecting broader development of critical thinking and problem-solving, and identity formation essential for professionalization. …”
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Determinating the STEM Education Compentencies of Pre-Service Teachers by Dilber Acar, Yasemin Büyükşahin, Tuğba Ecevit

“…Therefore, it is crucial to provide students with a variety of abilities, such as problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and analytical thinking, in addition to academic knowledge. …”
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Lecturers’ perspectives on enhancing student proficiency through academic integrity in logic and writing strategies by Abdel Rahman Mitib Altakhaineh, Marwan Jarrah, Afakh Younes

“…Developing critical thinking and effective communication skills through argumentative essays is crucial to the success of university students. …”
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A Gamified Active-Learning Proposal for Higher-Education Heterogeneous STEM Courses by Mario J. Duran, Juan J. Aciego, Ignacio Gonzalez-Prieto, Juan Carrillo-Rios, Angel Gonzalez-Prieto, Alicia Claros-Colome

“…All activities are carefully selected with a social constructivist approach in order to promote critical thinking, social interaction and students’ engagement. …”
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A #Co-Teaching Story from the Digital Pedagogical Framework by Alexandra Cotoc, Ioana Mudure-Iacob

“…In doing so, the language class gains the potential to become a microcommunity of practice that encourages critical thinking and collaboration abilities while engaging in complex problem-solving skills, extending its utility into the facilitation of autonomous learning contexts. …”
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Exploring English for Academic Purposes Program: Needs analysis and impact evaluation by Ika Lestari Damayanti, Pelin Derinalp, Firly Asyifa, Kurniawan Suryatama

“…Based on the needs analysis results, the EAP lecturers who participated in the survey conveyed that they required improvements in digital skills, teaching techniques for diverse proficiency levels, and methods for improving students’ productive skills and critical thinking abilities. The participating students also expressed their need for interactive EAP activities, team-based learning, and the use of social media for collaboration and connectivity. …”
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Assessing Professionalism among First Year Medical Students through Professionalism Assessment Tool by Nabiha Farasat Khan, Muhammad Saeed, Ruksana Majid

“…Thirty four percent (68/200) demonstrated only the basic level of critical thinking and only 10 students (5%) demonstrated the higher cognitive level. …”
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Forming the environmental professional competence of future specialists in ship technical systems and complex operation by A. Yurzhenko, O. Kononova, Y. Bevzenko

“…This method fostered the development of independent work skills, critical thinking, and enhances understanding of specialised topics through interactive discussions and real-time exchange of ideas. …”
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Enhancing students’ L2 writing skills online: a case study of an introductory English literature course for ESL students by Shi Huiwen, Chan Ka-ling Zoe, Wu Wenli, Cheung Lok-ming Eric

“…The paper specifically reports and highlights how individual Zoom essay consultations, together with collaborative writing on Padlet, scaffold and enhance students’ essay writing and critical thinking skills. Essentially, the paper argues that online technologies expand the dimension of literature education and empower it as a form of content-based ESL instruction for long-term use.…”
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Wiews of the nation's memories: A stereotyped vision of the Lithuanian history of the 20th century in Lithuanian documentary films by Rūta Šermukšnytė

“…This kind of narration is characterized by the validation of history as a national value, formation of national identity, and its stabilization rather than diversification and correction of the historical memory or the development of critical thinking. The current documentary material that is based on the understanding of history as a myth of the nation's history is not aimed at creating a new visual and verbal narration about the realities of the past, but rather at recognizing what has been said and made in the previous works. …”
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Using "peer review" method for language assessment by Irina V. Korovina, Daria V. Konstantinova, Olga S. Safonkina

“…The advantages and disadvantages of the peer review method were identified, among which, among other things, it was noted that peer review helps to engage students in the educational process and develops critical thinking in them. It analyzed the list of linguo-didactic functions of this method and discussed the students’ attitude to the use of the “peer review” method in teaching foreign languages in relation to the assessment of linguistic knowledge and skills. …”
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The public mental representations of deepfake technology: An in-depth qualitative exploration through Quora text data analysis. by Barbara Caci, Giulia Giordano, Marianna Alesi, Ambra Gentile, Chiara Agnello, Liliana Lo Presti, Marco La Cascia, Sonia Ingoglia, Cristiano Inguglia, Alice Volpes, Dario Monzani

“…Cognitive processes rely on critical thinking skills in detecting anomalies in fake videos or discerning between the negative and positive impacts of deepfakes from an ethical point of view. …”
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A systematic review of progress test as longitudinal assessment in Saudi Arabia by Naseel Ahmed Moursy, Khaled Hamsho, Arwa Mohammad Gaber, Muhammad Faisal Ikram, Muhammad Raihan Sajid

“…Abstract Background The rapid evolution of healthcare necessitates a new generation of doctors with strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and adaptability skills. …”
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Enhancing 21st Century Skills in Students with Special Needs Through STEM Learning by Maya Rahma Sarita, Asih Widi Wisudawati

“…The observed activities enhanced students' motivation, interest in learning, and the development of critical thinking, collaboration, and communication skills. …”
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SOCIOPROFESSIONAL HUMOR AT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LESSONS by Oleg Kharchenko

“…From a pragmatic point of view, jokes fulfill the functions of critical thinking, entertainment, acquaintance with the peculiarities of professions, professional and informal vocabulary, detection of humor and irony, relief of psychological stress, motivation for success, creativity, professional confidence, creation of stereotypical images of English-speaking journalists and editors. …”
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The Dynamics of Students’ Cognitive States in the Process of Problem Solving by A.O. Prokhorov, M.G. Yusupov

“…Cognitive states ensure cognitive activity, provide inclusiveness of examinees in the process of problem solving, take part in the process of assessment of the difficulty of a task and choosing ways to solve it, increase the intensity of critical thinking, etc. The main function of cognitive states is metacognitive regulation of the cognitive activity. …”
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Validity and Practicality Test of Science Comic learning media for Class VI on Waste Processing Material at SDN 8 Pule Trenggalek by Nurul Hidayati, Sri Utami, Raden Syaifuddin

“…Student learning outcomes in the critical thinking aspect increased from an average score of 30 to an average score of 80. …”
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LOTS and HOTS reading questions in EFL textbooks (Kurikulum Merdeka): unveiling every learning process purposes by Maria Kartika Widiastuti, Concilianus Laos Mbato

“…The findings show that LOTS enabled students to pay attention to important details and the main ideas and apply the text structure. HOTS enhanced critical thinking, problem-solving, strategic thinking, empathy, and creativity. …”
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