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Direct linkShafer, Gregory – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
In my work on the college's Committee on Multiculturalism and Ethnic Studies, I found that much of the written work done in our community college was based on lower level cognition, requiring none of the assessment or exploration that is emblematic of critical thought in a democracy. Most of the assignments asked students simply to recite…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Thinking Skills, Democracy
