Pertinent Elements of Critical Thinking and Mathematical Thinking used by Practicing Civil Engineers
Keywords:
critical thinking, engineering education, mathematical thinking, Straussian grounded theory.Abstract
Critical thinking and mathematical thinking are inexorably linked and indispensable in solving engineering problems. Therefore, a study to understand how the pertinent elements of critical thinking and mathematical thinking relate and interact in the real-world engineering practice is timely crucial. Unfortunately, there is not much information available explicating about the link. The first part of this paper reports a review on these matters based on rather limited resources.
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