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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nirit Cohen covers the Future of Work, bridging trends with solutions. Students used to copy-paste from Wikipedia. Now they ...

This update on the old-school strategy of using index cards to collect textual evidence helps students slow down and focus on ...

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 ...

On the other hand, in the opinion of the ever-skeptical writer of this article (and first in line to be replaced professionally by our future robot overlords), we could just be entering a stage of ...

The critical mind, a central tenet of Western thought since antiquity, has always been constructed as a resistance to the obvious and to authority, a means of questioning the nature of things and ...

A few years back, I posted a piece on this page about how difficult it can be to accurately and sufficiently describe what critical thinking (CT) is. Within, I presented a number of attempts made in ...

Generative AI is enabling students to avoid the friction of learning—the struggle to synthesize, organize, and articulate ...

AI is now at the center of almost every conversation in education technology. It is reshaping how we create content, build assessments, and support learners. The opportunities are enormous. But one ...