Less than 10% of Freshmen proficient in Critical Thinking

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Yes lawyers learn to question everything and try to see all sides of a position. . . but I do believe critical thinking goes beyond that. Not sure how to explain it other than the ability to see the whole picture in the information you are being provided.

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<p>In D’s IB program, they learned to think about connections, especially connections between things that are seemingly unrelated, or far apart in time or space. IMO that “connection-thinking” is an important piece of critical thinking.</p>

<p>ETA - Here’s the IBO’s take on the definition of critical thinking:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.ibo.org/ibaem/conferences/past/documents/BrianHullCriticalThinkingMadrid.pdf[/url]”>500;