Critical thinking and its importance in education in making students better thinkers and developing metacognitive skills

For the final assignment, students will select a topic in educational psychology. Find at least five scholarly articles, in addition to the textbook

Introduction: Be sure to clearly state your topic of choice for your research, why you selected it, and a clear thesis statement. Your thesis statement is your position on this topic. You must be able to support your position with research from your articles.

Literature Review (Body of Paper): A literature review is a summary of how your research articles supported your thesis statement. Be sure to consider opposing views in your literature review. See the resources above to help you understand the process better.

Analysis: In this section, you will analyze your findings from the articles and answer these questions: With which points did you agree and/or disagree and why? Which points resonated with you and why? Which points need further clarification and why? How does educational psychology support your understanding of your topic? All of your statements need to be supported by evidence from the required sources you referenced to create this review.

Summary of Practical Implications: Describe how this knowledge will support your role as an educator. Make a list of three to four practical implications and describe each one.

Conclusions: After your review and analysis of the literature, describe the ideas you have formulated based on the research. Describe any lingering questions about the topic you would want to know more about and why further study is warranted.
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The Final Assignment:

Must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Must include an APA formatted title page with the following:

Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date Submitted The paper should be 1650 words long