Critical thinking has long been the Holy Grail of higher education. We know we want our students to be able to think critically, and we often even know when it happens, but it’s tough to pinpoint ...

While the idea of teaching critical thinking has been bandied around in education circles since at least the time of John Dewey, it has taken greater prominence in the education debates with the ...

Explicit statements of your grading criteria can be very useful. A writing rubric that specifies the categories of assessment—and, perhaps, defines levels of success in each category—can help students ...

A rubric is an assessment tool that takes the form of a matrix, which describes levels of achievement in a specific area of performance, understanding, or behavior for a learning outcome. Faculty ...

Critical thinking is one of the most valuable soft skills employees can develop. It combines experience, observation and analytical thinking to help people evaluate information, solve problems and ...

My youngest came home with the map of Africa he had worked on all last week in class, his disappointing grade scrawled across his assignment book. "What happened?" I asked. From the teacher's point of ...