critical thinking skills

Is Critical Thinking A Necessary Skill For Students To Learn?

By G. Randy Kasten on March 23, 2012

Critical thinking is one skill separating innovators from followers. Critical thinking reduces the power of advertisers, the unscrupulous and the pretentious, and can neutralize the [...]

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Tinkering Hands: Students at a suburban San Francisco school work on redesigning a preschool room. Credit: Adam Royalty

Designer Teaching: Creative Problem Solving

By Tina Barseghian on January 6, 2012

A designer uses creative problem solving every day. They see the world differently than the rest of us. They're constantly deconstructing and rebuilding objects and [...]

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