Critical Thinking

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Politics & Society

Our kids are missing out on critical thinking

If we are to navigate the complex challenges of the 21st century, our understanding of and ability to teach critical thinking demands urgent attention

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Sciences & Technology

Sports coaches make these seven kinds of decisions

Understanding the seven decision types sports coaches make – with their strengths and pitfalls – can help us all make better choices

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Sciences & Technology

Another intelligence failure shows we need more rigour

The storming of the Capitol in January followed a serious intelligence failure. A new report on analytical rigour helps explain how to do better

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Health & Medicine

Training your brain in lockdown

The profound changes in our lifestyle due to COVID-19 social distancing may require us to take more deliberate actions to exercise our thinking skills. Here are some tips

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Business & Economics

Our business leaders must think critically

Critical thinking has become highly valued in business, but these skills aren’t taught to business students. So, how do we ensure that the next generation of business leaders don’t repeat the mistakes of the past?

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Arts & Culture

Friends, Romans, Fake News

In a world of ‘alternative facts’ and spin, Shakespeare’s plays can help teach us how to grasp complexity and expose manipulation

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Sciences & Technology

Crowdsourcing security intelligence

Inspired by how bees make collective decisions, researchers are exploring how crowdsourcing techniques may help intelligence analysts produce the best-reasoned analysis from the available data

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Education

Tech savvy teaching of critical thinking

One of the key aims of universities is to arm students with critical thinking skills, but many are failing. Could technology be the answer?

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Sciences & Technology

Making big sense of big data: The quest to improve human reasoning

Why the US intelligence community is investing in a global effort to boost analytical thinking by tapping the wisdom of crowds

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