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This is a recently published study describing strategies used to develop critical thinking in health-professional learners as identified by a panel of academic deans, administers, program directors, course directors, clerkship directors, and teaching faculty through a structured-interview approach.

This website is a great resource aimed for learners and teachers of any kind, created as a free educational public service for anyone to reproduce. It is even translated into 38 different languages! The website includes information under a variety of categories: learning and studying; internet; project and time management; writing and vocabulary; thinking and evaluation; reading and research; and math and science. Topics range from strategies for creating a test, to stress management, to information about learning techniques. Many of them even contain multimedia components to enhance learning (for example, see "Thinking Critically").

I thought this article described these learning theories quite well, giving good comparisons between both and showing their similarities and differences. Good read in relation to this weeks topic, if you have some time!

This article gives a good overview of the Four Levels of Evaluation by its creator himself, Donald Kirkpatrick, and explains how they are interrelated. One of the most interesting points is that he stipulates here and explains why he does NOT consider Level Four evaluation to be more important than other levels--which is an accusation that has been levied at his model by some critics.