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April 2010
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Why Assess Critical Thinking Skills?
If you follow @careerdiva on Twitter, you probably caught her post last week which asked “Who the hell isn’t a critical thinker?” Sadly, the truth is many people have low or average critical thinking ability. Study after study show how important critical thinking skills are in the workplace. Employers are increasingly focusing on this skill [...]
Alcohol + Flip Flops = Critical Thinking Fail
I planned a serious blog post today, but then I remembered it’s Friday. We all need a good laugh on a Friday morning. I could blog for weeks about how alcohol plays a role in critical thinking, but I think the video below sums up the issue quite well. If you plan to drink heavily, [...]
On Earth Day We Can All Think A Little More Critically About Our Environment
Happy Earth Day! Since Senator Gaylord Nelson founded Earth Day in 1970, there have been various ways to celebrate and create awareness for our environment. By 10am there were hundreds of thousands of #earthday tweets on twitter. News anchors recognized the day. Students all across America are celebrating at school. For some people Earth Day [...]
How are You Developing 21st Century Skills in Your Organization?
If you do not work in the field of Education, the phrases “P21” and “4 C’s” may sound like a foreign code, but they are increasingly important in today’s organizations. P21 is the nickname for the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, which is a national organization working to advance the skills of all U.S. students. [...]
Was Gizmodo Critically Thinking?!
iPhone enthusiasts have been waiting to see what Apple has to offer for the next generation phone since the 3GS came out. Yesterday questions were answered when Gizmodo, a technology blog, satisfied everyone’s curiosity with their controversial video footage and pictures of the iPhone 4G. Gizmodo admits paying $5,000 for the phone which an Apple [...]
Are People With Big Heads Smarter?
Do you have a big head… or a big forehead? I do on both accounts, and until now it’s been a point of embarrassment for me – especially as my hairline recedes. My wife jokes about my head being my most dangerous weapon if I have to defend our family. I usually say it’s because [...]
Critical Thinking FAIL (with credit to FailBlog.org)
Do you subscribe to FailBlog.org? If not, you’re missing out. Every day I see something that constitutes a “Critical Thinking Fail.” You know what I’m talking about. A Critical Thinking Fail moment is when you step back and say “Really?! Really?!?! Someone thought this was a good idea? REALLY?!?!?!” Fail Blog gathers the best of [...]
Critical Thinking and the First Alien Encounter
How many movies have you seen about alien encounters? Wikipedia it- there are hundreds. There are scary alien movies. There are humorous alien movies. There are even cartoon alien movies. And in most of them, there are consistent characteristics that baffle the critically thinking mind. If we stop and think through the assumptions that we’ve [...]
Critical Thinking – It Could Lead to More Coffee
How many decisions do we make in a day? I’m not just talking about the important ones like what questions we’ll ask during an interview for a new hire or whether or not you should speak up for our ideas during the next department meeting. I’m talking more general than that. If we include the [...]
The Impact of Social Media on Critical Thinking
In a recent post, I discussed the importance of taking a deeper examination into statistics to understand true meaning and impact of the message. However, the source is equally important. On nearly a daily basis I see people post and re-post inaccurate information on blogs, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc because the information “sounds good.” Just [...]