Teaching Critical Thinking in Nutritional Sciences

Author Tyler B. Becker highlights the paper titled "Teaching critical thinking in nutritional sciences: a model course and assignments." The authors of this paper show that a scaffolded nutrition and health claim assignment helps to teach critical thinking skills among nutritional sciences students. Further, this course example is to serve as a model for STEM majors on how to incorporate case-based and problem-based learning strategies into an undergraduate course. Tyler B. Becker,Vanessa N. Cardino,James Lucas, andJenifer I. Fenton Teaching critical thinking in nutritional sciences: a model course and assignments Advances in Physiology Education, Published online 9 April 2024