80301 Terra Linguistica Terra Linguistica 2782-5450 12 The role of critical thinking in the description of the learning outcomes in higher school Место критического мышления в определении результатов обучения в высшей школе 0000-0002-3787-9691 Vdovina Elena K. vek2@mail.ru 10 12 2012 4 160 69 74

The article is focused on the problem of the development of university students’ critical thinking skills regardless of the discipline or the students’ specialization. The importance of critical thinking skills for a higher quality of the cognitive activity is demonstrated. The need to take into account critical thinking skills when writing the intended learning outcomes is justified.

 CRITICAL  THINKING LEARNING  OUTCOMES B. BLOOM’S  TAXONOMY  OF  EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES GENERAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES