id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_oqwltwdzlvgwhohmbqnxog2auq D. Randy Garrison Critical thinking, cognitive presence, and computer conferencing in distance education 2001 24 .pdf application/pdf 5691 402 49 model operationalizes cognitive presence for the purpose of developing a tool to assess critical and reliable instrument to assess the nature and quality of critical discourse and thinking in a textbased educational context are presented. presence depends on the use of the model of critical thinking (i.e., practical inquiry) and its ability It is important to recognize that cognitive presence focuses on higherorder thinking processes as opposed to specific individual learning outcomes. (i.e., process) of a generalized model of critical thinking: practical inquiry. process of higher-order learning online could be assisted through the use of a tool to assess critical guides the methodology of this research on assessing cognitive presence (i.e., critical inquiry) in an continuing cognitive development, and to model the critical thinking process. In summary, the practical inquiry model reflects the critical thinking process and the means nature and quality of the critical-thinking process (i.e., cognitive presence) as reflected in a ./cache/work_oqwltwdzlvgwhohmbqnxog2auq.pdf ./txt/work_oqwltwdzlvgwhohmbqnxog2auq.txt