Students raise their hands to answer a teacher's question at the KIPP Academy in the South Bronx, part of a network of public middle schools that is becoming a model for educating poor children. KIPP ...

Critical thinking springs from the notion of reflective thought proposed by Dewey (1933), who borrowed from the work of philosophers such as William James and Charles Peirce. Reflective thought was ...

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Thinking critically means considering other perspectives and analyzing facts from different sources. Good critical thinking skills can help you avoid generalizations and decisions you later regret. To ...