Flossing Your Teeth and Adopting a Puppy: In-Class Exercises for Developing Critical Thinking in a Digital Age

This article presents two in-class exercises designed to develop specific skill sets needed to think critically and make decisions in today’s business environment. The first exercise, “Flossing your Teeth” is designed to build information literacy skills needed in the evidence-gathering phase of cri...

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Published inManagement teaching review Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 233 - 245
Main Authors Kiersch, Christa, Nowicki, Kelly, McDermott, Maggie, Gullekson, Nicole
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.09.2023
Subjects
Active Learning
Business Administration Education
Class Activities
Critical Thinking
Decision Making
Information Literacy
Research Skills
Skill Development
Undergraduate Students
information literacy
critical thinking
active learning
decision-making
business administration education
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Summary:This article presents two in-class exercises designed to develop specific skill sets needed to think critically and make decisions in today’s business environment. The first exercise, “Flossing your Teeth” is designed to build information literacy skills needed in the evidence-gathering phase of critical thinking. The second exercise, “Adopting a Puppy,” is designed to develop analytical skills needed to apply research and inform an evidence-based decision. These exercises engage students in memorable active learning experiences and can be implemented during a single class period within a range of management courses. This article provides a description of each exercise, a guide for debriefing students, and sample student responses to the debriefing questions.
ISSN:2379-2981
2379-2981
DOI:10.1177/23792981221076118