We were stunned by the survey responses. Given higher education's current emphasis on critical thinking, why did students enrolled in introductory science courses feel so unprepared to analyze data, ...

This school year has been a challenging one for educators. Many teachers are navigating new curricular restrictions—topics, historical periods, people, and identities that have suddenly been deemed ...

We shouldn’t delude ourselves. Neither common sense, gut instincts, intuition nor wishful thinking can beat critical thinking. In an interview on Fox News, Connecticut’s Democratic senator Chris ...

This powerpoint includes key takeaways from the UW Survey of Critical and Creative Thinking instruction in Higher Education, "Critical and Creative Thinking at the University of Wyoming: Do We Know It ...

Does outsourcing your cognition come at a cost? As the emergence of artificial intelligence continues to revolutionize aspects of modern life, including education, a new study from the Center for ...

Join eSchool News for the 12 Days of Edtech with 2024’s most-read and most-loved stories. On the 2nd Day of Edtech, our story focuses on critical thinking. Achievement discrepancies among U.S.

Every teacher knows the importance of critical thinking in education. Strong critical thinkers make better decisions, are more informed, have more career opportunities, and are generally better ...

I recently asked a fellow academic, in conversation, how they try to integrate critical thinking into their classroom, and they replied that they don’t have "much time for that kind of thing." I ...

In all of my classes, we discuss the importance of critical thinking to the good life and the good society. Most of the courses I teach are in the field of ethics. We discuss human nature, human ...

I have already raised the issue of the importance of developing emotional intelligence in previous pieces, and today I would like to talk about why critical thinking also matters for ...