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).

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 ...

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, ...

Michelle Joyce doesn’t shy away from politicized science topics such as climate change. In fact, she works to equip seniors at Palmetto Ridge High School in Naples, Florida with the skills to ...

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.

A concise definition of critical thinking is “thinking about thinking”, or thinking about our thoughts. In other words, it is a reiterative approach used to test the validity of our thoughts and ...