The Education Week Spotlight on Critical Thinking is a collection of articles hand-picked by our editors for their insights on teaching problem-solving, how teachers are boosting reading comprehension, and how educators are teaching students to critically evaluate media sources.
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Teaching
Students Learn More From Inquiry-Based Teaching, International Study Finds
A experiment involving 17,000 students in four countries finds gains for inquiry-, or problem-based teaching over traditional approaches.
School & District Management
Does Technology Help Boost Students' Critical Thinking Skills?
When it comes to the PISA, there's little evidence that technology use has a positive impact on student scores, and some evidence that it could actually drag it down, a new report finds.
Reading & Literacy
More Than Phonics: How to Boost Comprehension for Early Readers
Learning how to decode words is essential to becoming a reader. But building a strong vocabulary and knowledge-base is crucial as well.
School & District Management
Two Ways to Add 'Computational Thinking' to Middle School Science
The Next Generation Science Standards call for more "computational thinking" in middle school science. Two pilot projects at the American Educational Research Association meeting look at why that's difficult, and ways to do it.
Student Achievement
Opinion
5 Steps to Teaching Students a Problem-Solving Routine
Students can use the five steps in this simple routine to solve problems across the curriculum and throughout their lives.
School & District Management
Opinion
Critically Thinking About Critical Thinking
Despite being an objective of education since before the 21st century, critical thinking continues to be an increasingly important skill.
Families & the Community
Opinion
Teens Need to Be Able to Discern Fact From Fiction. That's Where Adults Come In
Media literacy is becoming more challenging by the day. That's why teacher and parents need to team up, argues Mike Stone.