Fully supporting students means explicitly teaching them critical thinking, Louis E. Newman argues in Thinking Critically in College: The Essential Handbook for Student Success (Radius Book Group).

University of Toronto provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Toronto provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Young adults who are, perhaps, still ...

Conspiracy theories. Inability to distinguish facts from falsehoods. Widespread confusion about who and what to believe. These are some of the hallmarks of the current crisis in critical ...

Does homework help kids learn, or does it just teach docility and obedience? Why are so many men and women attracted to war? What does it take to build a home—physically, socially, and emotionally?

While I’m a far cry from a Newbery, once a year, I’ve gotten into the habit of writing a picture book for my nephew Knox. My goal is to keep the eight-year-old excited about reading, because what ...

Critical thinking is a vital, yet often neglected, skill. In higher education, Chris Griffiths, author of “The Creative Thinking Handbook,” noted in a TLNT blog article that critical thinking is “the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

I t has been almost 70 years since the term “artificial intelligence” was coined at a 1956 Dartmouth College summer workshop. The conference was convened by the mathematician John McCarthy, who ...