What Constitutes Teaching Thinking?
After publishing my recent essay titled “Whatever Became of Critical Thinking?” I received a very appropriate question from a reader: [...]
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11, 2015
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11, 2015
Whatever Happened to Critical Thinking?
When Arthur was in the first grade, the teacher directed the class to “think.” “Now, class,” she said, “I know [...]
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07, 2015
The Decline of Common Sense
The news is filled with evidence that common sense is increasingly uncommon. Here are a few examples: “Sanctuary Cities” like [...]
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09, 2014
Albert Einstein and Socialism
Someone recently sent me an article noting Albert Einstein’s favorable view of Socialism. Knowing that I have been critical of [...]
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07, 2014
The Cognitive Dysfunction Epidemic
Have you ever seen an ad for Cognitive Dysfunction (CD) like the ubiquitous Erectile Dysfunction (ED) ads? It might feature [...]
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06, 2014
Critical Thinking and Common Core
The designers of Common Core claim that critical thinking is an important part of the program. As someone who has [...]
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03, 2014
Educators Still Don’t Get It
In a 2013 interview with the NY Times, Laszlo Bock, senior operations VP at Google, reported that the company now [...]