Tag Archives: critical thinking

Hacked off by Lifehack

One of the things that interests me, aside from sourdough biscuits, is the myth of multi-tasking. Since so many of my students think that they can write good material while playing World of Warcraft or binge-watching whatever the cool kids are … Continue reading

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McDonald’s Coffee Burns Me Up!

Is this fake news or genuine stuff? It’s entertaining, so it must be fake, right?

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How to Sound Smart

There’s a lot of surface and shine that will pass for actual content when we don’t have the critical thinking skills to separate style from substance.

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A New Model of University

What if you could go to a school where you didn’t learn information but instead learned how to process information. That’s the goal at a start-up school in California, the Minerva Project But while there are many things that make … Continue reading

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