Mark Twain's quotes encourage people to steep and mull ideas over in their minds, a skill necessary for critical thinking.

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 ...

In a recent post, I discussed social barriers to applying critical thinking. I received interesting feedback on this particular topic and I thought further discussion around this dialogue would be of ...

AI can sound certain, helpful, and wildly wrong. These books sharpen your judgment, expose bad reasoning, and make you think ...

Critical thinking springs from the notion of reflective thought proposed by Dewey (1933), who borrowed from the work of philosophers such as William James and Charles Peirce. Reflective thought was ...

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 ...

Every time I hear someone use the phrase “in times like these” in any of its versions, I cringe. "Times like these" isn't a magical phrase. Just because something worked before doesn't mean it's a ...

As AI becomes embedded in our daily work and learning, the real differentiator isn’t just access to technology—it’s how we think alongside it. Research shows that deliberate metacognition and critical ...

I regularly pore through research, case studies and the observations of those who are in the organizational trenches every day for insights and ideas about what our organizations need in order to meet ...

Two-thirds of secondary school teachers report a decline in core abilities such as writing and problem-solving ...

California’s Senate Judiciary Committee, with bipartisan support, approved Senate Bill 243 this month, requiring that AI companies “protect users from the addictive, isolating, and influential aspects ...

On one side are those who treat AI as a powerful but sometimes faulty service that needs careful human oversight and review to detect reasoning or factual flaws in responses. On the other side are ...