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A Descriptive Analysis of the Critical Thinking Model in Texas Elementary Education (open access)

A Descriptive Analysis of the Critical Thinking Model in Texas Elementary Education

Contributions from elementary education to the practice and reality of critical thinking are rare, largely because attempts in basic education to elucidate a concept of critical thinking have a hard time breaking through the elusiveness and indeterminacy that characterize the history and reality of the concept. This situation is due to, and a consequence of, the difficulty of delimiting critical thinking from related fields, such as metacognition, higher-order-thinking, problem solving, informal logic, reasoning skills, and decision making, to name a few. Texas school authorities designed and put into practice a battery of tools to evaluate critical thinking through the assessment programs TAKS and STAAR, without taking a position regarding the indeterminacy problems of the content of critical thinking. The purpose of this study was to reconstruct the pieces of the critical thinking model imparted to Texas elementary school children since 1999 and continues today. The findings indicate that the critical thinking model implemented in Texas elementary schools is a particular version of a skills-only approach of critical thinking that follows the classical logical paradigm, consisting of two sets of complementary skills. This model acquaints students with the components and structure of five types of arguments while it fails to substantiate …
Date: December 2013
Creator: Quijano, Oswaldo Jorge
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Lecture: 2013-04-22 – Daewook Kim, trumpet

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 22, 2013
Creator: Daewook, Kim
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture: 2013-06-04 – Su-Hyun Choi, flute transcript

Doctoral Lecture: 2013-06-04 – Su-Hyun Choi, flute

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Graham Green Room in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: June 4, 2013
Creator: Choi, Su-Hyun
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture: 2013-09-29 – Ania Bard-Schwarz, violin transcript

Doctoral Lecture: 2013-09-29 – Ania Bard-Schwarz, violin

Doctoral lecture given at UNT's Recital Hall on September 29th, 2013
Date: September 29, 2013
Creator: Bard-Schwarz, Ania
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-02-11 – Armin Abdihodzic, guitar transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-02-11 – Armin Abdihodzic, guitar

Lecture recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: February 11, 2013
Creator: Abdihodzic, Armin
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-02-18 – Matthias Lang, guitar transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-02-18 – Matthias Lang, guitar

Lecture Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: February 18, 2013
Creator: Lang, Matthias
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-02-19 – Derek Chester, tenor transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-02-19 – Derek Chester, tenor

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: February 19, 2013
Creator: Chester, Derek
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-03-01 – Matthew Haley, trumpet transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-03-01 – Matthew Haley, trumpet

Doctoral Lecture Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: March 1, 2013
Creator: Haley, Matthew
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-03-05 – Julee Kim Walker, flute transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-03-05 – Julee Kim Walker, flute

Lecture recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: March 5, 2013
Creator: Walker, Julee Kim
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-03-05 – Laura A. Carrasco Curintzita, organ transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-03-05 – Laura A. Carrasco Curintzita, organ

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Organ Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: March 5, 2013
Creator: Curintzita, Laura A. Carrasco
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-04-02 – Jonathan Byron Gill, trombone transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-04-02 – Jonathan Byron Gill, trombone

Lecture recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 2, 2013
Creator: Gill, Jonathan Byron
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-04-10 – I-Fang Chiang, harpsichord and fortepiano transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-04-10 – I-Fang Chiang, harpsichord and fortepiano

Lecture recital presented at the UNT College of Music Organ Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 10, 2013
Creator: Chiang, I-Fang
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-04-15 – Jin Kim, piano transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-04-15 – Jin Kim, piano

Lecture recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 15, 2013
Creator: Kim, Jin
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-04-17 – Kevin Whalen, trumpet transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-04-17 – Kevin Whalen, trumpet

Lecture recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 17, 2013
Creator: Whalen, Kevin
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-04-18 – Marty Bishop, trumpet transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-04-18 – Marty Bishop, trumpet

Lecture recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 18, 2013
Creator: Bishop, Marty
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-04-21 – Szemőke Jobbágy, violin transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-04-21 – Szemőke Jobbágy, violin

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 21, 2013
Creator: Jobbágy, Szemőke
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-05-20 – Heather Hawk, soprano transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-05-20 – Heather Hawk, soprano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: May 20, 2013
Creator: Hawk, Heather
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-05-21 – Laurissa Backlin, soprano transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-05-21 – Laurissa Backlin, soprano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: May 21, 2013
Creator: Backlin, Laurissa
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-05-24 – Kurt Bonnett, trumpet

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: May 24, 2013
Creator: Bonnett, Kurt
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-06-04 – Holly Dalrymple, choral conducting

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: June 4, 2013
Creator: Dalrymple, Holly
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-06-06 – Terri Sánchez, flute/alto flute/bass flute transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-06-06 – Terri Sánchez, flute/alto flute/bass flute

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: June 6, 2013
Creator: Sánchez, Terri
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-06-11 – Patrick Nyren, euphonium transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-06-11 – Patrick Nyren, euphonium

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: June 11, 2013
Creator: Nyren, Patrick
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-06-17 – Matthew Anderson, trumpet transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-06-17 – Matthew Anderson, trumpet

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Organ Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: June 17, 2013
Creator: Anderson, Matthew
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-06-18 – Hyun Sun Oh, violin transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2013-06-18 – Hyun Sun Oh, violin

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Graham Green Room in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: June 18, 2013
Creator: Oh, Hyun Sun
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library