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Title

The Status of "Critical Inquiry" at BSU: Documentation

Authors

Elise Bonar, Boise State UniversityFollow
Mason Banks, Boise State UniversityFollow
Anneliese Ostrom, Boise State UniversityFollow
Xander Vaughn, Boise State UniversityFollow
Stephen Crowley, Boise State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Student Presentation

Presentation Date

4-23-2021

Faculty Sponsor

Dr. Stephen Crowley

Abstract

A small research group dedicated to investigating how Boise State University uses and understands the term “critical inquiry.” As a University required foundational skill, discovering how BSU at different levels consider critical inquiry is relevant for more effective teaching, and interdisciplinary applications.This research branched into three different projects looking into BSU documentation, disciplinary standards of “critical inquiry,” and the conceptual background.

Boise State University defines University Learning Outcome 3, critical inquiry, as “defining problems, gathering and evaluating evidence, and determining the adequacy of argumentative discourse.” Our project set out to analyze how Boise State University utilizes the term and represents it in official documentation and how that might inform us as to how critical inquiry is thought about on at University-level community.

Recommended Citation

Bonar, Elise; Banks, Mason; Ostrom, Anneliese; Vaughn, Xander; and Crowley, Stephen, "The Status of "Critical Inquiry" at BSU: Documentation" (2021). 2021 Undergraduate Research Showcase. 128.
https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/under_showcase_2021/128