by eCampusNews Staff
The Council for Aid to Education, Inc. (CAE), a nonprofit developer of performance-based assessments that authentically measure students’ essential academic and career skills, today announced the launch of its new Critical Thinking Skills Resources. In an era where critical thinking is among the most sought-after skills by employers, CAE is dedicated to equipping secondary and higher education institutions with tools to teach students the higher-order skills needed to thrive in today’s complex world.
“With the rate of technological change and the impact that has on the workforce, educators need to intentionally teach students the skills they’ll need to adapt and thrive,” stated Bob Yayac, CAE’s Chief Executive Officer. “We developed our Critical Thinking Skills Resources in response to high demand from educators to help them not only measure students’ critical thinking abilities but to actually build and develop their higher-order skills.”
CAE’s Critical Thinking Skills Resources include a Critical Thinking Framework to guide students through the steps of effective critical thinking and features a collection of engaging, real-world scenarios. The scenarios, integrated into the institution’s existing curriculum, provide students the opportunity to practice and strengthen their critical thinking abilities. Each scenario challenges students to solve a problem or make a recommendation. Using supplied reference materials, students must organize information, define the problem, address issues, consider and evaluate solutions, and recommend and defend a course of action.
