April 2008 News

{"id":2196,"title":"How to improve education? Resist straitjacket of standards; make ...","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><strong><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">DesMoinesRegister.com, IA</span></span><br /> </strong><span>At the same time, they allow students to delve into the messy world of <strong>critical thinking</strong> that rigidly accurate and inflexible standards documents ignore. ... </span><strong><span><a href=\"https://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080421/OPINION01/804210304/-1/BUSINESS04\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></strong></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2197,"title":"Guest viewpoint - Professor applauds alternative perspectives on ...","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><strong><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">The Ranger, TX</span></span><br /> </strong><span>Their survey reflects what employers already know: A liberal arts education equips graduates with skills they need to be successful, like <strong>critical thinking</strong>, ... </span><strong><span><a href=\"https://media.www.theranger.org/media/storage/paper1010/news/2008/04/18/Opinion/Guest.Viewpoint.Professor.Applauds.Alternative.Perspectives.On.Liberal.Arts-3332430.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></strong></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2198,"title":"Program gives second chance at higher ed","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Chicago Maroon, IL</span></span><br /> <span><strong>...</strong> the Odyssey Project offers first- and second-year courses in five humanities subjects—literature, US history, <strong>critical thinking</strong> and writing, philosophy, ... <a href=\"https://maroon.uchicago.edu/online_edition/article/10196\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2199,"title":"When schools nurture civic responsibility we all win","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Great Falls Tribune, MT</span></span><br /> <span>According to these studies, the participating students persist to graduation at higher rates and show greater improvement in their <strong>critical thinking</strong> and ... <a href=\"https://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080414/OPINION/804140303\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2200,"title":"A little too liberal: college stifles the not-so-leftists","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">NYU Washington Square News, NY</span></span><br /> <span>On the one hand, every student ought to be exposed to opposing views; this seems essential to the development of solid <strong>critical thinking</strong>. ... <a href=\"https://media.www.nyunews.com/media/storage/paper869/news/2008/04/14/Opinion/A.Little.Too.Liberal.College.Stifles.The.NotSoLeftists-3322200.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2201,"title":"Failure to Fail","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Walrus Magazine, Canada</span></span><br /> <span>And too much <strong>critical thinking</strong> might undo the mighty engine of consumption... or, for that matter, an increasingly privatized university system where the ... <a href=\"https://walrusmagazine.com/articles/2008.04-education-academic-failure-to-fail-jay-teitel/?ref=2008.05-education-academic-failure-to-fail-jay-teitel&page=\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2202,"title":"Curriculum and assessment","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Jamaica Observer, Jamaica</span></span><br /> <span><strong>...</strong> <strong>critical thinking</strong>, problem-solving, social and interpersonal skills (5) spirituality and morality (6) the goal of a most highly literate and numerate ... <a href=\"https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20080406T200000-0500_134264_OBS_CURRICULUM_AND_ASSESSMENT.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2203,"title":"The Foundations of General Education","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Inside Higher Ed, DC</span></span><br /> <span><strong>...</strong> do not seem to be well-founded in data,” Saundra Oyewole, a professor of biology, tells students during her class on <strong>Critical Thinking</strong> About Disease. ... <a href=\"https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/04/04/trinity\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2204,"title":"In Teaching Composition, 'Formulaic' Is Not a 4-Letter Word","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)</span></span><br /> <span><strong>...</strong> the five-paragraph formula is not to reject formulas as such, but to look for ones that more closely capture the way <strong>critical thinking</strong> really operates. ... <a href=\"https://chronicle.com/free/v54/i30/30a04001.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2205,"title":"Turning Student Discontent Into Deliberation","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Inside Higher Ed, DC</span></span><br /> <span>I began with modest experiments connecting the rhetorical and <strong>critical thinking</strong> requirements of Michigan State’s general education writing course to ... <a href=\"https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2008/04/03/cooper\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2206,"title":"Is Social Media an Impediment to Problem Solving?","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Marketing Pilgrim, NC</span></span><br /> <span>And does this loss of desire lead to a future lack of <strong>critical thinking</strong> when it does come to solving the more challenging questions? ... <a href=\"https://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/04/is-social-media-an-impediment-to-problem-solving.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2207,"title":"Opening up, or dumbing down?","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Berkeleyan Online, CA</span></span><br /> <span>“The answer lies in teaching the art and science of <strong>critical thinking</strong>. Maybe we need to do more of that so people can make better use of this information. ... <a href=\"https://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2008/04/02_web.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2208,"title":"Modern way to preserve history","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">The Asian Pacific Post, Canada</span></span><br /> <span>An innovative project combining arts with modern technology will serve as a multidisciplinary platform for <strong>critical thinking</strong> and dialogue around online ... <a href=\"https://www.asianpacificpost.com/portal2/c1ee8c441910daf80119110362bd0014_Modern_way_to_preserve_history.do.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2209,"title":"THE BELIEVING GAME — Peer editing demands a desceptively simple ...","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><strong><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Bates Magazine, ME</span></span><br /> </strong><span>... principles of what Elbow calls the “believing game,” best understood as the complement and opposite of </span><strong><span><strong>critical thinking</strong></span></strong><span>, or the “doubting game. ...</span><strong><span> <a href=\"https://www.bates.edu/x174201.xml\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></strong></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}