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Advocates of critical thinking insist that critical thinking should be accorded priority in the curriculum (Hashemi and Ghanizadeh 2012). It is therefore important to investigate the effectiveness of teaching critical thinking. Various results of empirical studies have provided evidence of the effectiveness of teaching thinking skills to students of all ages in the L1 classroom and in L2 classes at college level.
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Lin, Y. (2018). Effectiveness of Teaching Thinking Skills. In: Developing Critical Thinking in EFL Classes. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7784-5_4
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