One of my favorite STEM challenges—hands-on problem-based activities designed to build students’ critical thinking and ...

How can teachers engage students to learn problem-solving skills across the curriculum? One program has set out to teach computational thinking (CT) and coding skills in a problem-centered approach, ...

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).

Consider the work of a personal trainer. They can explain and model a workout perfectly, but if the athlete isn’t the one doing the lifting, their muscles won’t grow. The same is true for student ...

With the rise of generative artificial intelligence, which can generate English-class essays faster than humans, it’s even ...

KQED's Mindshift podcast visits a language arts classroom where an extroverted teacher has developed creative ways of inviting introverted students to share their thinking. When students head back to ...

As artificial intelligence has continued to infiltrate classrooms and dorm rooms, much of the public narrative has focused on preserving critical thinking in the age of AI. Conversations focus on ...

Universities need to rethink how they teach, assess and prepare students for employment as artificial intelligence becomes an ...

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 ...

During my years teaching science in middle school, high school and college, some of my students have resisted teaching that educators call higher-order thinking. This includes analysis, creative and ...

Hayesville Middle School uses a blend of guest speakers, field trips and work values assessments to introduce students to ...

Here’s the assignment: Analyze the causes of the American Revolution and evaluate which cause was most significant. Support your argument with evidence. Here’s what the student writes: "The most ...