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The Reason! project is developing a new method for improving reasoning skills. The method is centred
Computer-Assisted Argument Mapping (CAAM) using the Reason! software learning environment.
Students using the CAAM are showing
substantial gains in reasoning skill, as measured by
pre- and post-testing using multiple tests.
The Reason! method is under development in the Department of Philosophy, with support from ArtsIT, the University of Melbourne (TLMET) (1998-2000),
the Australian Research Council (2001-3), and
Austhink.
The project manager is
Dr. Tim van Gelder,
8344 5089.
Principal Investigators
- Tim van Gelder (Philosophy, University of Melbourne;
and Austhink Software Pty Ltd)
- Geoff Cumming (Psychological Science, LaTrobe University)
- Melanie Bissett (Psychology, University of Melbourne)
Associates
- Neil Thomason (HPS, University of Melbourne)
- Paul Monk (Austhink Software Pty Ltd)
- Yanna Rider (Austhink Software Pty Ltd/Rider-Chapman)
Obtaining Reason!
More information about obtaining
Reason!Able
Studies of Growth in CT Skills
Our list of studies for
a meta-analysis of the effect of critical thinking subjects
on critical thinking skills. [This list a bit out of date]
Institutions Requiring Critical Thinking
Current List
Reason! Project Research
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van Gelder, T. J., Bissett, M., & Cumming, G.
(2004). Cultivating Expertise in Informal Reasoning.
Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology,
58, 142-152.
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van Gelder, T.J.
Enhancing and Augmenting Human Reasoning
(pdf file). Paper presented at Cognition,
Evolution and Rationality: Cognitive Science for
the 21st Century. Oporto,
September 2002. To appear in a volume based on
that conference edited by Antonio Jose Teiga
Zilhao. |
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van Gelder, T.J. (2005)
Teaching Critical Thinking: Some Lessons from
Cognitive Science. College
Teaching 45, 1-6 |
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van Gelder, T. J. (2002).
Argument Mapping with Reason!Able
(pdf file). The American Philosophical
Association Newsletter on Philosophy and
Computers, 85-90. |
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van Gelder, T. J. (2002).
Enhancing Deliberation
Through Computer-Supported Argument
Visualization (pdf file). In P. Kirschner & S. Buckingham
Shum & C. Carr (Eds.),
Visualizing Argumentation: Software Tools for
Collaborative and Educational Sense-Making
(pp. 97-115). London: Springer-Verlag. |
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van Gelder, T.J.
A ‘Reason!Able’ Approach to
Critical Thinking (pdf file). Principal Matters: The
Journal for Australasian Secondary School
Leaders, May 2002, 34-6. |
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van Gelder, T.J. (2001) How to improve
critical thinking using educational techology.
In G. Kennedy, M. Keppell, C. McNaught & T.
Petrovic (Eds.), Meeting at the Crossroads.
Proceedings of the 18th Annual
Conference of the Australasian Society for
Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education.
(pp. 539-548). Melbourne: Biomedical Multimedia
Unit, The University of Melbourne. |
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van Gelder, T.J. (2001) The Reason! Project. The
Skeptic, 21 no.2, pp.9-12 |
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van Gelder, T.J. (2001) Critical Thinking: Some Lessons
Learned. Adult Learning Australia Adult Learning Commentary Number 12, 30 May 2001 |
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van Gelder, T.J. & Rizzo, A. (2001) Reason!Able Across the
Curriculum. in 2001: Is IT an Odyssey in Learning? Proceedings of the 2001
Conference of ICT in Education Victoria |
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van Gelder, T.J. (2000) Critical Thinking on
the Web. Informal Logic, 20,
Teaching Supplement #3: pp. TS 84-86. |
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van Gelder, T. J., & Bulka, A. (2000) Reason!: Improving informal reasoning skills. In Proceedings of the Australian Computers in Education Conference, Melbourne July 2000. |
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van Gelder, T. J. (2000) Learning to reason: A Reason!-Able approach. In C. Davis, T. J. van Gelder, & R. Wales ed., Cognitive Science in Australia, 2000: Proceedings of the Fifth Australasian Cognitive Science Society Conference. Adelaide: Causal. |
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van Gelder, T. J. (2000) The Efficacy of Informal Reasoning Courses. Preprint No. 1/2000, University of Melbourne Department of Philosophy. |
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van Gelder, T.J., Williams, N., Di Nicolantonio, R., & Kemm, R. (1999) Critical thinking in physiology: A Reason!-able approach. In ASCILITE 1999: Responding to Diversity. Proceedings from the 16th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology, 359-367. |
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van Gelder, T. J. (1998) Penicillin for the mind? Reason, education and cognitive science. Preprint No. 1/98, University of Melbourne Department of Philosophy. |
Links:
Critical Thinking On The Web - a directory of links to online critical thinking resources Austhink Mapping
the Future of Argument by Paul Monk. The Australian
Financial Review, March 16 2001
Reason ! : un
logiciel pour sauver la raison. Transfert magazine
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