Posts Tagged ‘critical thinking’

Improve Thinking and Learning

Posted Thursday, March 11th, 2010 by Maryellen Weimer

Here’s a list of some practical suggestions taken from a, “miniature guide for those who teach on how to improve student learning.” (Web address below) The guide was prepared by Richard Paul and Linda Elder, both well-known experts on critical thinking.

Against Critical Thinking

Posted Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 by Maryellen Weimer

I enjoyed as an especially well-written commentary by Miriam Marty Clark in the current issue of Pedagogy. She confesses to a “growing skepticism” she has come to feel about critical thinking “and the place it holds in discussions of university education.”