We’re at a fascinating yet concerning inflection point with AI. A recent Gallup poll reveals that 79% of Americans are already using AI-powered products in their daily lives, often without realizing ...

Fully supporting students means explicitly teaching them critical thinking, Louis E. Newman argues in Thinking Critically in College: The Essential Handbook for Student Success (Radius Book Group).

We talk a lot about decision making during emergency response. We advocate that there be a very short period between initiation of the alarm and our arrival on the fireground. One might call this the ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Educators and employers agree that critical thinking is one of the essential skills required for ...

People who do not work in a “creative shop” (i.e., ad agency, public relations firm, graphic design boutique) sometimes imagine that our days consist of sitting around in comfy chairs drinking strong ...

Our expert’s sample activities show how using free tech tools can help students learn to analyze, evaluate and create. A higher-order thinker is a critical thinker. What are the attributes of a ...

Imagine yourself in a labyrinth, vast – endless for all you know. You wander the corridors, stumbling upon a closed door. You could invest some effort into unlocking it to find out what’s inside.

This book demonstrates how writing can easily be integrated with other critical thinking activities such as inquiry discussions, simulation games, classroom debates, and interactive lectures. The ...

A few years back, I posted a piece on this page about how difficult it can be to accurately and sufficiently describe what critical thinking (CT) is. Within, I presented a number of attempts made in ...

Operational reasoning and decision making are the result of strong critical thinking skills, experience, and expertise. Photo by Tim Olk. Heraclitus of Ephesus, an ancient Greek philosopher, said, ...