Assessing critical thinking

There is a growing concern that Australia’s university students lack critical thinking, but maybe the problem is how we teach and assess it.

The critical need for critical thinking

Critical thinking skills are more important than ever in an age of online misinformation and AI generated slop, and everyone can improve those skills with a little care and practice.

Will AI erode critical thinking?

We rely on Google Maps to navigate and calculators for arithmetic – will we soon rely on fallible AI chatbots to think? A recent paper by researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University in the United States suggests the answer may be “yes”.

The power of critical thinking

Critical thinking is more important than ever today, and furnishing our children with the skills required must become a national priority.

Flat Earth society

Although every piece of evidence says the Earth is a sphere orbiting the Sun, there are still some people who think our planet is flat, and they all have YouTube channels.

Encouraging critical thinking in schools

Better education, combined with social media regulation, can help to combat the plague of science denial on popular platforms like tik-tok.