Some readers may think you have to be smart to think critically. But a corollary is that learning how to think critically makes you smart. The assumption is that one can learn to think critically ...

As we enter the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the emphasis in higher learning is less on in-depth discipline knowledge and more on agile skills in critical thinking and creative thinking. How can we ...

Peter Ellerton consults to the Centre for Critical and Creative Thinking. He is a Fellow of the Rationalist Society of Australia. Few people doubt the value of developing students’ thinking skills. A ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What is critical thinking and how can we integrate it into the classroom? This three-part series will explore what critical thinking is, if it can be specifically ...

When I first began focusing on the development of student critical thinking skills in the early 1990s, I discussed ideas for a research project with the partner of a CPA firm. I recall being quite ...

The human brain is an extraordinary organ capable of lifelong learning, adaptation, and growth. However, learning isn’t just about storing facts or memorizing procedures. Our ability to absorb new ...

The integration of AI into educational settings is a rapidly evolving trend with significant implications for learners' critical thinking skills. AI holds considerable promise for enhancing ...

While the idea of teaching critical thinking has been bandied around in education circles since at least the time of John Dewey, it has taken greater prominence in the education debates with the ...

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of articles to help you explore student thinking, and how critical thinking is taught and learned, to better enable you to help your students thrive in ...

Out of all the skills today’s students need to develop, critical thinking is perhaps the most important. Critical thinking not only helps students make stronger connections to information they learn ...