More school spaces, now higher standards
The National
That the test required some degree of
critical thinking is no excuse. Schools and teachers must understand what is expected of them and adjust accordingly. ...
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Teaching Science, With Faith in Mind
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Such an approach engages students in challenging,
critical thinking. The consequences of failing are disconnection and dissonance in the minds of many ...
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{"id":2778,"title":"Teaching Science, With Faith in Mind","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">Such an approach engages students in challenging, <strong>critical thinking</strong>. The consequences of failing are disconnection and dissonance in the minds of many ... <a href=\"http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i34/34a02301.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Penn State students honored for 'standing up' as ethical leaders
Penn State Live
... his classes and worked with faculty to form an Honor Code for the College and to develop workshops to promote
critical thinking for business students. ...
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{"id":2779,"title":"Penn State students honored for 'standing up' as ethical leaders","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Penn State Live</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\"><strong>...</strong> his classes and worked with faculty to form an Honor Code for the College and to develop workshops to promote <strong>critical thinking</strong> for business students. ... <a href=\"http://live.psu.edu/story/39442\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Fostering the Growth Of Problem Solvers
Jakarta Globe
We need to foster creative skills and
critical thinking in our youth. We need problem solvers, not passive receivers of facts and figures. ...
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{"id":2780,"title":"Fostering the Growth Of Problem Solvers","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Jakarta Globe</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">We need to foster creative skills and <strong>critical thinking</strong> in our youth. We need problem solvers, not passive receivers of facts and figures. ... <a href=\"http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/opinion/article/18097.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Technology, teachers go together
GoErie.com
The second is a cautionary tale from those who have witnessed a decline in spelling, grammar and
critical thinking skills. Students schooled in advanced ...
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{"id":2781,"title":"Technology, teachers go together","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">GoErie.com</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">The second is a cautionary tale from those who have witnessed a decline in spelling, grammar and <strong>critical thinking</strong> skills. Students schooled in advanced ... <a href=\"http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090428/OPINION01/304289989\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
How to Wake Up Slumbering Minds
Wall Street Journal
He advocates teaching old-fashioned content as the best path to improving a student's reading comprehension and
critical thinking. ...
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{"id":2782,"title":"How to Wake Up Slumbering Minds","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Wall Street Journal</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">He advocates teaching old-fashioned content as the best path to improving a student's reading comprehension and <strong>critical thinking</strong>. ... <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124079001063757515.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Real learning demands the long road
Albany Times Union
... can navigate their way around the screen, many lack the
critical thinking and sequential processing skills to manage and measure what's on the screen. ...
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{"id":2783,"title":"Real learning demands the long road","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Albany Times Union</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\"><strong>...</strong> can navigate their way around the screen, many lack the <strong>critical thinking</strong> and sequential processing skills to manage and measure what's on the screen. ... <a href=\"http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=794072&amp;category=OPINION\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Freedom of expression takes interesting turn at Notre Dame
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Having the universities here allows us to host speakers who touch on issues that encourage
critical thinking." Nani said one of the chapter's members heard ...
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{"id":2784,"title":"Freedom of expression takes interesting turn at Notre Dame","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">St. Louis Post-Dispatch</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">\"Having the universities here allows us to host speakers who touch on issues that encourage <strong>critical thinking</strong>.\" Nani said one of the chapter's members heard ... <a href=\"http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/columnists.nsf/keepthefaith/story/FA7B41CEC26C6C67862575A3000B7643?OpenDocument\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Defining modern intellectualism
Bowdoin Orient
Because we invest so much in learning, our professors demand of us
critical thinking at the highest level. Those who suppose that Bowdoin students float ...
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{"id":2785,"title":"Defining modern intellectualism","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Bowdoin Orient</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">Because we invest so much in learning, our professors demand of us <strong>critical thinking</strong> at the highest level. Those who suppose that Bowdoin students float ... <a href=\"http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=2009-04-24&amp;section=2&amp;id=5\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
We've bred a generation unable to think
TES Connect
No such A-level exists, but I was surprised to learn that one called critical thinking does. Read the Full Article
{"id":2786,"title":"We've bred a generation unable to think","author":"","content":"<p>TES&nbsp;Connect</p>\r\n<p>No such A-level exists, but I was surprised to learn that one called <strong>critical thinking</strong> does. <a href=\"http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6008340\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></p>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Infusing education and imagination
Justice
You can have memorization, you can have training, but you can't have the kind of deep learning that involves
critical thinking, that involves letting things ...
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{"id":2787,"title":"Infusing education and imagination","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Justice</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">You can have memorization, you can have training, but you can't have the kind of deep learning that involves <strong>critical thinking</strong>, that involves letting things ... <a href=\"http://media.www.thejusticeonline.com/media/storage/paper573/news/2009/04/21/Features/Infusing.Education.And.Imagination-3719112.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Scholar Urges Teaching Kids the Benefit of Doubt
University of Texas at Dallas (press release)
“We want children and teens to use
critical thinking to recognize when a source may be inaccurate, misleading or biased,” Mills said. ...
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{"id":2788,"title":"Scholar Urges Teaching Kids the Benefit of Doubt","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">University of Texas at Dallas (press release)</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">&ldquo;We want children and teens to use <strong>critical thinking</strong> to recognize when a source may be inaccurate, misleading or biased,&rdquo; Mills said. ... <a href=\"http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/04/21-002.php\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Dissident Voice
6 First, I questioned whether Kay was implying that high school learners lacked sufficient
critical thinking ability, and I asked what evidence she had that ...
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{"id":2789,"title":"The Corporate Media and Critical Thinking in Education","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Dissident Voice</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">6 First, I questioned whether Kay was implying that high school learners lacked sufficient <strong>critical thinking</strong> ability, and I asked what evidence she had that ... <a href=\"http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/04/the-corporate-media-and-critical-thinking-in-education/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Yemeni schools praised for successful partnerships with UK schools
Yemen Observer
... communication skills, motivation, English skills,
critical thinking, and risk-taking were identified as important areas for focus in schools. ...
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{"id":2790,"title":"Yemeni schools praised for successful partnerships with UK schools","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Yemen Observer</span> <span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\"><strong>...</strong> communication skills, motivation, English skills, <strong>critical thinking</strong>, and risk-taking were identified as important areas for focus in schools. ... <a href=\"http://www.yobserver.com/culture-and-society/10016185.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Eye on Education: World Digital Library Launches
ColorsNW
... is being designed particularly with children in mind in order to share stories of other cultures, as well as teach them
critical thinking skills. ...
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{"id":2791,"title":"Eye on Education: World Digital Library Launches","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">ColorsNW</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\"><strong>...</strong> is being designed particularly with children in mind in order to share stories of other cultures, as well as teach them <strong>critical thinking</strong> skills. ... <a href=\"http://colorsnw.com/colors/2009/04/17/eye-on-education-world-digital-library-launches/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Effective decision makers must be critical thinkers
Business Lexington
No person is naturally a critical thinker because, according to the Foundation for
Critical Thinking Web site, "... everyone is subject to episodes of ...
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{"id":2792,"title":"Effective decision makers must be critical thinkers","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Business Lexington</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">No person is naturally a critical thinker because, according to the Foundation for <strong>Critical Thinking</strong> Web site, \"... everyone is subject to episodes of ... <a href=\"http://www.bizlex.com/Articles-c-2009-04-14-86287.113117_Effective_decision_makers_must_be_critical_thinkers.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
People, civilizations learn from others
Pacific Daily News
Last month, Linda Elder, president of the Foundation for
Critical Thinking, an organization concerned with fostering fair-minded critical societies, ...
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{"id":2793,"title":"People, civilizations learn from others","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Pacific Daily News</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">Last month, Linda Elder, president of the Foundation for <strong>Critical Thinking</strong>, an organization concerned with fostering fair-minded critical societies, ... <a href=\"http://www.guampdn.com/article/20090415/OPINION02/904150332/1014/OPINION\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
The examined life, public service, and philosophy in the community ...
Examiner.com
This is code for conceiving of education in exclusively computational terms —
critical thinking and real intellectual transformation are not part of the ...
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{"id":2794,"title":"The examined life, public service, and philosophy in the community ...","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Examiner.com</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">This is code for conceiving of education in exclusively computational terms &mdash; <strong>critical thinking</strong> and real intellectual transformation are not part of the ... <a href=\"http://www.examiner.com/x-2517-LA-Community-College-Examiner~y2009m4d11-The-examined-life-public-service-and-philosophy-in-the-community-college\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
‘Then I Said, What If I Invent...’
TheDay
... a nonprofit educational organization with the goal of promoting creative problem solving and enhancing
critical thinking skills in young people. ...
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Small Schools Represent Hope for Berkeley Students
Berkeley Daily Planet
Small schools foster
critical thinking—encouraging students to take on complex projects, to think outside the box, to work in groups and to value the ...
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Spotlight on Education : Preparing our students for the 21st century
Rogers Hometown News
Learning and innovation skills are comprised of creativity and innovation;
critical thinking and problem solving; and communication and collaboration. ...
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{"id":2797,"title":"Spotlight on Education : Preparing our students for the 21st century","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Rogers Hometown News</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">Learning and innovation skills are comprised of creativity and innovation; <strong>critical thinking</strong> and problem solving; and communication and collaboration. ... <a href=\"http://www.recordtimes.com/rhtn/Scholars/5030/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Four Educational Myths
Beliefnet.com
Some young people need to go through some kind of apprenticeship -- which ties
critical thinking to actual problems that must be worked through in reality, ...
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{"id":2798,"title":"Four Educational Myths","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Beliefnet.com</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">Some young people need to go through some kind of apprenticeship -- which ties <strong>critical thinking</strong> to actual problems that must be worked through in reality, ... <a href=\"http://blog.beliefnet.com/jesuscreed/2009/04/four-educational-myths.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full&nbsp;Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
First-year students getting lazier, profs say
Waterloo Record
The most common problems cited in the survey were lower maturity, poor research skills, a lack of required writing, math and
critical thinking skills, ...
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CWA panel: The value of teaching critical thinking
Daily Camera
"Now more than ever,
critical thinking is needed to sort out the bombardment of information coming at us: much of it biased, opinionated, and partisan," she ...
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Don't Just Rebuild Schools—Reinvent Them
Education Week News (subscription)
... service learning, independent research, design and creativity, and, more than anything else,
critical thinking and challenges to old assumptions. ...
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Education as Ritual
Education Week News (subscription)
... armed with more research than ever promoting the importance of
critical thinking, yet ignorantly content to wallow in a basal-reader mentality. ...
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Profs blast lazy first-year students
Toronto Star
As for first-year students, Brown said professors don't think they have the needed
critical thinking or math skills, and they lack the ability to learn ...
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{"id":2803,"title":"Profs blast lazy first-year students","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Toronto Star</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">As for first-year students, Brown said professors don't think they have the needed <strong>critical thinking</strong> or math skills, and they lack the ability to learn ... <a href=\"http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/614219\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
The other kind of smart
Boston Globe
... suggesting that "softer" knowledge like social and emotional skills can be analyzed and taught in the same way that math and
critical thinking can be. ...
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{"id":2804,"title":"The other kind of smart","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Boston Globe</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\"><strong>...</strong> suggesting that \"softer\" knowledge like social and emotional skills can be analyzed and taught in the same way that math and <strong>critical thinking</strong> can be. ... <a href=\"http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/04/05/the_other_kind_of_smart/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article<br /> </a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
YouTube video brings open-mindedness concepts to mainstream
DigitalJournal.com
If your claim requires suspension of
critical thinking, it is not the person asking for evidence who must demand less evidence, but you who should demand ...
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{"id":2805,"title":"YouTube video brings open-mindedness concepts to mainstream","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">DigitalJournal.com</span> <span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">If your claim requires suspension of <strong>critical thinking</strong>, it is not the person asking for evidence who must demand less evidence, but you who should demand ... <a href=\"http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/270431\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Liberal education serves as strong learning foundation
Virginia Tech Collegiate Times Online Edition
"Ideally, they promote creative and intellectual engagement,
critical thinking and appreciation for diversity and multiple perspectives. ...
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{"id":2806,"title":"Liberal education serves as strong learning foundation","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Virginia Tech Collegiate Times Online Edition</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">\"Ideally, they promote creative and intellectual engagement, <strong>critical thinking</strong> and appreciation for diversity and multiple perspectives. ... <a href=\"http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/13426\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
‘Creative, critical thinking should go hand-in-hand’
Ludhiana Newsline
This was stated by Prof BK Passi, creative and
critical thinking development expert and on former consultant to UNESCO on education. ...
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{"id":2807,"title":"‘Creative, critical thinking should go hand-in-hand’","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">Ludhiana Newsline</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">This was stated by Prof BK Passi, creative and <strong>critical thinking</strong> development expert and on former consultant to UNESCO on education. ... <a href=\"http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/creative-critical-thinking-should-go-handinhand/442608/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the&nbsp;Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
We can't handle the truth
You Don't Say
It would probably help for the schools to teach
critical thinking — or, for that matter, thinking — but that is visionary talk. Be careful out there. ...
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{"id":2808,"title":"We can't handle the truth","author":"","content":"<div class=\"sub-title\"><span class=\"source\">You Don't Say</span><span class=\"date\">&lrm;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"snippet\">It would probably help for the schools to teach <strong>critical thinking</strong> &mdash; or, for that matter, thinking &mdash; but that is visionary talk. Be careful out there. ... <a href=\"http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/mcintyre/blog/2009/04/we_cant_handle_the_truth.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}
Ideas to Action awards first project grants
U Of L News
Community engagement, collaboration, applying
critical-thinking skills in practical ways to coursework and to the process of selecting majors and careers ...
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Federal grant to fund evaluation of groundbreaking online teaching ...
Indiana University
"Developing
critical thinking skills in students is one of the foremost tasks for any educator," said Bennett I. Bertenthal, dean of the Indiana University ...
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