When I first began focusing on the development of student critical thinking skills in the early 1990s, I discussed ideas for a research project with the partner of a CPA firm. I recall being quite ...

As an educator, I firmly believe that nurturing the critical thinking skills of the students is one of the most important aspects of what teachers do. Critical thinking has been cited as allowing ...

In the age of artificial intelligence, researchers at Cornell University have created an online module aimed at helping students build one of higher education’s most enduring—and often ...

Generative AI is enabling students to avoid the friction of learning—the struggle to synthesize, organize, and articulate ...

Maybe it’s just me, but it feels as though AI is starting to take over the world. To be clear, I don’t mean this in an “evil robots” sort of way. Rather, in a short amount of time, AI has become ...

An overwhelming percentage of educators fear students’ increasing reliance on generative artificial intelligence tools to complete assignments will hinder their critical thinking skills and make them ...

Universities are rushing head‑first into the generative AI era. Across campuses, chatbots like ChatGPT have become so common that many instructors now assume students are already using them, and some ...

It’s not just teachers who are worried about AI’s effect on students’ abilities to think critically. Students are concerned, too, according to a new survey of middle, high school, and college students ...

New research is challenging the assumption that artificial intelligence tools help students think more deeply, with several recent studies and preprints suggesting AI-assisted schoolwork can be ...

Editor’s note: The intersections of art and education are often overlooked. The Seattle Times will periodically publish pieces by young people in Washington about their perspectives on these subjects.