Critical thinking isn’t about being negative or doubting everything, the author says. It’s about being curious, careful and open-minded.

Critical thinking can help you maintain a balanced perspective and make well-reasoned decisions. Try these six tips to develop this essential skill.

The new question-of-the-week is: What is critical thinking and how can we integrate it into the classroom? Part One ‘s guests were Dara Laws Savage, Patrick Brown, Meg Riordan, Ph.D., and Dr. PJ ...

Jeffrey Wagner is a Professor of Economics in the College of Liberal Arts. This month, he shares with us his engaging take on fostering critical thinking in students, using it to organize our thoughts ...

Timothy Keady is the Associate Director of the Student Health Center at RIT. This month, he shares with us how critical thinking impacts his ability to help students successfully implement changes in ...

Chad Sussex, an assistant principal at Winterset High School in Iowa, about 40 miles southwest of Des Moines, is confident ...

I started teaching middle school students in 1995. The school was private, with a strong governing association, so there was some discretion regarding what and how things were taught. My main subject ...

I recently wrote a research paper on cognitive barriers to critical thinking (CT), discussing flaws in thinking associated with intuitive judgment, emotion, bias, and epistemological misunderstanding, ...

In a series of experiments described in Science Magazine in 2011, a trio of researchers found evidence to support a sneaking suspicion bubbling up in the minds of many Google aficionados: Frequent ...

Information is power, and data is the most valuable resource on the planet–as well as the most vulnerable. Every question asked is an opportunity to get high-value data and immense insights. How much ...

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Meandering into the lecture hall, you take note of the atmosphere. The air is still. But for the faint sounds of shuffling pages, trackpad clicks, and anxiety-laced whispering, the room is silent. You ...