Educational Background

Educational Background:

Academic Degrees

Work Experience

Professional Membership

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction

Honors and Awards

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Research Projects/Grants/Linkages/Other Developments

Currently working on a postdoc project focusing on the design, implementation and evaluation of learning environments for critical thinking development (at the East China Normal University).

Selected Publications (Journal Articles)

Tiruneh, D. T., Gu, X., De Cock, M., & Elen, J. (2017). Systematic design of domain-specific instruction on near and far transfer of critical thinking skills. International Journal of Educational Research (in press).

Tiruneh, D. T., De Cock, M., & Elen, J. (2017). Designing Learning Environments for Critical Thinking: Examining Effective Instructional Approaches. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education.

Tiruneh, D. T., Weldeslassie, A., De Cock, M., Elen, J., & Janssen, R. (2017). Measuring Critical Thinking in Physics : Development and Validation of a Critical Thinking Test in Electricity and Magnetism. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 15, 663–682.

Tiruneh, D. T., Weldeslassie, A., Kassa, A., Tefera, Z., De Cock, M., Elen, J. (2016). Systematic design of a learning environment for domain-specific and domain-general critical thinking skills. Educational Technology Research and Development, 64(3), 481-505. doi: 10.1007/s11423-015-9417-2.

Publications (Book Chapter, Poster, Proceedings)

Tiruneh D.T.,De Cock M.,Spector M.,Gu X.,Elen J.(2017).Toward a systematic and model-based approach to design learning environments for critical thinking. In:Spector M.,Lockee B.,Childress M.(Eds.),Learning, design, and technology. An international compendium of theory, research, practice, and policy., (pp.1-37)Springer International Publishing.

Selected Conference Presentations

Tiruneh, D. Getahun, D.A. (2017). Applying sound instructional design principles to promote the development of critical thinking: Creating shared visions. The 4th National Education Conference organized by the Institute of Pedagogical Sciences (IPS), Mekelle University, Mekelle, 28-29, April 2017.

Tiruneh, D., Hindeya, H. (2017). Embedding Critical Thinking Instruction in Domain Specific Courses: Examining the Effectiveness of Systematically Designed Learning Environments. The 7th Annual International Conference on Status and Prospects of Quality of Education for Advancing Sustainable Development in Ethiopia. Jigjiga University, Jigjiga, 22-23 April, 2017.

Tiruneh, D., De Cock, M, Elen, J. (2016). Challenges in assessing critical thinking dispositions. Third Leuven Research Community Workshop on Developing Competencies in Learners: From Ascertaining to Intervening. Leuven, Belgium, 12 - 14, October 2016.

Tiruneh, D., De Cock, M., Elen, J. (2016). Designing learning environments for critical thinking: Examining effective instructional approaches. Joint Meeting of the EARLI Special Interest Groups “Instructional Design” and “Learning and Instruction with Computers”. Dijon, France, 24 - 26 August 2016.

Tiruneh, D., De Cock, M., Elen, J. (2016). Designing learning environments for critical thinking: A perspective from instructional design. The 36th International Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform. Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, USA, 25 – 29, July 2016.

Tiruneh, D., De Cock, M., Elen, J. (2015). Designing a systematic learning environment to develop students’ critical thinking in physics. EARLI 2015, Book of Abstracts. Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI 2015). Limassol, Cyprus, 25 – 29 August 2015, pp. 96-97.

Tiruneh, D., Kassa, A., Tefera, Z., De Cock, M., & Elen, J. (2015). Designing a systematic learning environment for critical thinking: examining the effectiveness of an Immersion instructional approach. May Annual International Education Conference of Bahir Dar University. Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 8 – 9 May 2015.

Tiruneh, D., Verburgh, A., De Cock, M., & Elen, J. (2014). Development and validation of a domain-specific critical thinking test. Conference of the International Test Commission. San Sebastian, Spain, 2-5 July 2014.

Tiruneh, D., Verburgh, A., & Elen, J. (2013). Effectiveness of critical thinking instruction in higher education: A systematic review. Meeting of Junior Researchers (JURE) of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI). Munich, Germany, 26-27 August 2013.

Teaching

• Undergraduate

Instructional Design

Instructional Media and Technology

ICT application in Education

Methods of Teaching

Professional Development

Postgraduate

Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Science

Thesis Supervision

Examining the instructional practices of secondary school biology teachers in Hulet Eju Enesie Woreda (Bizu Kinfe, 2017)

Area of Research Interest:

Systematic design and development of learning environment for critical thinking

Development of scientific reasoning

Development and validation of instruments for measuring higher-order thinking skills

Students’ epistemic beliefs and instructional conceptions

Previous and Current Positions

Community Service

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Committee membership

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