Developing Army Leaders: Lessons for Teaching Critical Thinking in Distributed, Resident, and Mixed-Delivery Venues

The authors evaluated the effectiveness of the Common Core—the first phase of the U.S. Army's system for developing critical thinking skills in its officer corps—and the extent of differences among course venues: distributed, resident, and mixed delivery. Future evaluation should focus on whether the best possible outcomes within venues, rather than equivalent outcomes across venues, are achieved.