50 Questions
According to the research, what was the subjective response from the participants regarding the web-based critical thinking training?
The training was considered highly relevant and beneficial to their military work.
What did the objective measures indicate about the training?
The training encouraged critical thinking and enhanced the understanding and analysis of information.
What did participants who completed the critical thinking training do compared to participants in the control conditions?
They made significantly fewer unjustified inferences.
What did the training encourage participants to discriminate between?
Present and absent information.
What did the participants think about the self-paced feature of the program?
They found it highly desirable.
What did the controlled studies focus on?
The effect of web-based critical thinking training on Army officers' information interpretation and analysis performance.
What did the participants mention about the availability of the training?
The training was not available to them elsewhere.
What did the objective measures show about the officer's ability to distinguish between information?
The officers had an increased ability to distinguish between information.
What did the objective measures show about officer sensitivity to errors?
The officers became more sensitive to errors.
What did the objective measures show about officer awareness of weak elements?
The officers became more aware of weak elements.
According to the research, what did the objective measures indicate about the effect of web-based critical thinking training on Army officers' information interpretation and analysis performance?
The training had a positive effect on their performance
What did participants who completed the critical thinking training do compared to participants in the control conditions?
They made fewer unjustified inferences
What did the subjective responses from the participants indicate about the web-based critical thinking training?
The training was considered highly relevant and beneficial to their military work
What did the objective measures show about officer sensitivity to likely errors after completing the critical thinking training?
Officer sensitivity to errors increased
What did the objective measures show about officer awareness of weak elements after completing the critical thinking training?
Officer awareness of weak elements increased
What did the participants mention about the self-paced feature of the program?
The self-paced feature was highly desirable
What did the training encourage participants to discriminate between?
What is 'known' or 'given' and what is inferred
What did the controlled studies focus on?
The effect of web-based critical thinking training on Army officers' performance
What did the objective measures show about the officer's ability to distinguish between information actually present and their own inferences?
The officer's ability to distinguish between information increased
What did the participants think about the availability of the web-based critical thinking training?
The training was not available to them elsewhere
According to the research, what did the objective measures indicate about the effect of web-based critical thinking training on Army officers' information interpretation and analysis performance?
The training had a positive effect on officers' information interpretation and analysis performance
What did the controlled studies focus on?
The effect of web-based critical thinking training on Army officers' information interpretation and analysis performance
What did participants who completed the critical thinking training do compared to participants in the control conditions?
They made fewer unjustified inferences
What did the participants mention about the availability of the web-based critical thinking training?
The training was highly relevant and beneficial to their military work
What did the objective measures show about officer sensitivity to errors after completing the critical thinking training?
Officer sensitivity to errors increased
What did the participants think about the self-paced feature of the program?
The self-paced feature of the program was highly desirable
What did the objective measures show about the officer's ability to distinguish between information actually present and their own inferences?
The training had a positive effect on the officer's ability to distinguish between information actually present and their own inferences
What did the objective measures show about officer awareness of weak elements after completing the critical thinking training?
Officer awareness of weak elements increased
What did the training encourage participants to discriminate between?
What is 'known' and what might be inferred
According to the research, what was the subjective response from the participants regarding the web-based critical thinking training?
The training was highly relevant, beneficial to their military work, and offered training that was not available elsewhere
Subjective responses from the participants indicated that the training was considered highly ______
relevant
Objective measures indicated that the training encouraged critical thinking and enhanced the understanding and ______ of information
analysis
Participants who completed the critical thinking training made significantly fewer unjustified ______ than participants assigned to the control conditions
inferences
The training appeared to encourage discrimination of what is 'known' or 'given' from what might be ______
inferred
A series of controlled studies was conducted of the effect of web-based critical thinking training on the information interpretation and ______ performance of Army officers
analysis
Participants who completed the critical thinking training made significantly fewer unjustified ______ than participants assigned to the control conditions
inferences
Objective measures indicated that the training encouraged critical thinking and enhanced the understanding and analysis of ______
information
This was evidenced by increased officer sensitivity to likely ______, increased awareness of weak elements that might easily be overlooked
errors
Participants who completed the critical thinking training made significantly fewer unjustified ______ than participants assigned to the control conditions
inferences
Subjective responses from the participants indicated that the training was considered highly relevant, beneficial to their military work, offered training that was not ______ to them elsewhere
available
According to the research, what did the objective measures indicate about the effect of web-based critical thinking training on Army officers' information interpretation and analysis performance?
enhanced
What did the objective measures show about the officer's ability to distinguish between information?
information actually present and their own inferences
What did the objective measures show about officer awareness of weak elements?
increased awareness of weak elements that might easily be overlooked
Participants who completed the critical thinking training made significantly fewer unjustified ______ than participants assigned to the control conditions
inferences
What did the objective measures indicate about the training?
encouraged critical thinking
What did the training encourage participants to discriminate between?
what is 'known' or 'given' from what might be inferred
What did the participants think about the availability of the web-based critical thinking training?
offered training that was not available to them elsewhere
What did the objective measures show about officer awareness of weak elements after completing the critical thinking training?
awareness of weak elements that might easily be overlooked
What did the objective measures show about the officer's ability to distinguish between information actually present and their own inferences?
distinguish between information actually present and their own inferences about or interpretations that go beyond the information explicitly provided
What did the participants mention about the availability of the web-based critical thinking training?
offered training that was not available to them elsewhere
Quiz: Evaluating the Impact of Web-Based Critical Thinking Training on Army Officers' Performance Test your knowledge on the study conducted by Fischer et al. (2009) that examines the effect of web-based critical thinking training on the information interpretation and analysis performance of Army officers. Discover the participants' subjective responses and the relevance of the training to their military careers.
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