CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
By Dr Bob Kizlik Many, both within, and outside education, disagree whether thinking skills can be taught. Perhaps they are correct, but there is no question whatsoever that thinking skills are learned. Human beings are not born with not much more than rudimentary thinking skills. Thinking skills are one of the most important, yet inadequately implemented areas of the curriculum. Certainly a part of helping students develop and improve their thinking skills is connected in some significant way with challenge and discovery. However, it is often the case that what works in a given situation may not work at all in another, different situation. The variables related to thinking skills are themselves quite formidable, and there is no shortage of opinion about that.. Having both developed and taught thinking skills courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, perhaps a good way to begin is to start with the fundamentals, so... The vocabulary below and the definitions are intend...