Enhancing students’ critical thinking skills: is comparing correct and erroneous examples beneficial?

There is a need for effective methods to teach critical thinking (CT). One instructional method that seems promising is comparing correct and erroneous worked examples (i.e., contrasting examples). The aim of the present study, therefore, was to investigate the effect of contrasting examples on learning and transfer of CT-skills, focusing on avoiding biased reasoning. Students ( N = 170) received instructions on CT and avoiding biases in...