Table 5.
Top 20 most highly cited publications.
| Rank | Title | Author(s) | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Student engagement and student learning: Testing the linkages | Carini, et al. | 2006 | 679 |
| 2 | Instructional Interventions Affecting Critical Thinking Skills and Dispositions: A Stage 1 Meta-Analysis | Abrami et al. | 2008 | 332 |
| 3 | Media Competence. Articulated Proposal of Dimensions and Indicators | Ferres,J. Piscitelli, A | 2012 | 250 |
| 4 | The caring relation in teaching | Noddings, N | 2012 | 225 |
| 5 | Strategies for Teaching Students to Think Critically: A Meta-Analysis | Abrami et al. | 2015 | 222 |
| 6 | Purposely teaching for the promotion of higher-order thinking skills: A case of critical thinking | Miri, B et al. | 2007 | 185 |
| 7 | An integrated critical thinking framework for the 21st century | Dwyer, CP et al. | 2014 | 157 |
| 8 | Promoting argument-counterargument integration in students' writing | Nussbaum, EM; Schraw, G | 2007 | 149 |
| 9 | Assessing students' critical thinking performance: Urging for measurements using multi-response format | Ku, KYL | 2009 | 148 |
| 10 | College students' experiences with diversity and their effects on academic self-confidence, social agency, and disposition toward critical thinking | Nelson Laird, TFN | 2005 | 144 |
| 11 | Promotion of critical thinking by using case studies as teaching method | Popil, I | 2011 | 143 |
| 12 | Dealing with uncertainty: challenges and possibilities for the early childhood profession | Urban, M | 2008 | 143 |
| 13 | Pedagogy for developing critical thinking in adolescents: Explicit instruction produces greatest gains | Marin, LM; Halpern, DF | 2011 | 135 |
| 14 | Metacognitive strategies that enhance critical thinking | Ku, KYL; Ho, IT | 2010 | 121 |
| 15 | Critical thinking: seven definitions in search of a concept | Moore, T | 2013 | 107 |
| 16 | Team-Based Learning in Pharmacy Education | Ofstad,W; Brunner, LJ | 2013 | 107 |
| 17 | Best Practice Strategies for Effective Use of Questions as a Teaching Tool | Tofade,T et al. | 2013 | 103 |
| 18 | The role of metacognitive skills in developing critical thinking | Magno, C | 2010 | 98 |
| 19 | Investigating students' level of critical thinking across instructional strategies in online discussions | Richardson, JC; Ice, P | 2010 | 92 |
| 20 | A systematic review of critical thinking in nursing education | Chan, ZCY | 2013 | 91 |