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Podcast: Life Skills 101
Episode: Critical Thinking with Lisa Nehring
Description: Critical Thinking skills are “An ability to use reason to move beyond the acquisition of facts to uncover deep meaning,” according to Robert Weissberg.
In this episode we’ll define Critical Thinking skills, examine why they are necessary and begin to talk about how to teach them.
Word Study: Critical Thinking Skills come from the Greek word “Kriticos” (meaning discerning judgement) and “criterion” (meaning standards). Critical Thinking Skills mean the word implies the development of “discerning judgment based on standards.”
A critical thinker can deduce as well as infer- they are bo...