Peer Review, Fall 2016 - Integrating Evidence: The STIRS Approach

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Fall2016Vol.18No.4

Integrating Evidence: The STIRS Approach

The Scientific Thinking and Integrative Reasoning Skills (STIRS) framework has been developed, used, and revised as part of the LEAP Challenge leading to capstone and Signature Work. This issue focuses on the AAC&U's STIRS framework, which is designed to guide the development of curriculum in evidence-based thinking. The STIRS project has been developed as an exemplar of integrative liberal education

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From the Editor

From the Editor

Shelley Johnson Carey

Analysis

Scientism, Human Consciousness, and the STIRS Imperative

Lynn Pasquerella, AAC&U

The STIRS Framework and Integrative Liberal Education

Richard K. Riegelman, The George Washington University

STIRS and the LEAP Challenge

Kathy Wolfe, Nebraska Wesleyan and AAC&U

Practice

Promoting Evidence-Based Thinking Through the STIRS Case Studies

Jennifer S. Stanford, Drexel University; Loren Byrne, Roger Williams University; and Katherine Hunting, The George Washington University

Creating Intentional Pathways: The STIRS Institutional Phase

Seth Anthony, Oregon Institute of Technology; Wesley Barker, Mercer University; Tami Carmichael, University of North Dakota; Catherine Pride, Middlesex Community College; and Ryan J. Zerr, University of North Dakota

Research

Actual and Potential Uses of STIRS Case Studies in Courses and Curricula

Jennifer S. Stanford, Drexel University; Tami Carmichael, University of North Dakota; Ryan J. Zerr, University of North Dakota; Loren Byrne, Roger Williams University; Richard K. Riegelman, The George Washington University

Reality Check

The Courage to Create the Time for Reflection

Terrel Rhodes, AAC&U

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