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Why Higher Ed Needs to Bridge the Critical Thinking Skills Gap

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Critical thinking is a tremendously important skill. The most recent results of the Collegiate Learning Assessment Plus (CLA+) test—a standardized testing initiative designed to measure college students’ critical thinking skills—are not encouraging. But, it turns out, teaching this skill is no easy task.

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

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2021), emphasizing the establishment of environments conducive to students’ intellectual development. These activities promote critical thinking and application of knowledge. Such strategies equip faculty with the tools to effectively respond to students’ needs (Rahimi et al.,

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

Faculty Focus

2021), emphasizing the establishment of environments conducive to students’ intellectual development. These activities promote critical thinking and application of knowledge. Such strategies equip faculty with the tools to effectively respond to students’ needs (Rahimi et al.,

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Beyond Digital Literacy: How EdTech Fosters Children’s Social-Emotional Development

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A child’s emotional well-being and self-confidence is essential to social and intellectual development. In these interactive learning environments, EdTech provides a stimulating online environment that allows learners to grasp conceptual ideas while at the same time develop important skills such as collaborating with their peers.

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With an Unusual Model and ‘Forbidden Courses,’ a New University Is Taking Shape in Texas

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What we think the purpose of a university is, and this will get to why I'm doing this project now, is to give human beings the ability to better understand themselves and the world. So to develop what we commonly think of as critical thinking or critical capacities. I think you gotta separate those things.

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