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 ...

In today’s competitive job market, employers are actively seeking individuals who possess strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills. These two abilities go hand in hand, and together, they ...

As an educator, I firmly believe that nurturing the critical thinking skills of the students is one of the most important aspects of what teachers do. Critical thinking has been cited as allowing ...

Join eSchool News for the 12 Days of Edtech with 2024’s most-read and most-loved stories. On the 2nd Day of Edtech, our story focuses on critical thinking. Achievement discrepancies among U.S.

Leading physicist Saul Perlmutter warns AI can create a false sense of confidence, urging skepticism and constant ...

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 ...

As schools nationwide remain on high alert for AI-assisted cheating, we should all remember one thing, says researcher Elliott Hedman: Deep down, most students love to learn. The problem, he argues, ...

As I walk around campus and witness the “die-in” protests and hear of students being referred for disciplinary action for free speech, I can’t help but reflect on how the Cornell administration has ...

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 ...

A revolution is quietly unfolding in the field of evolutionary biology, challenging entrenched paradigms and reshaping our understanding of how life evolves. The newly emerging Extended Evolutionary ...

Artificial intelligence is now woven into search engines, office software, and the apps that quietly run daily life, but the hardest problem is not what these systems can do, it is what they might ...