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What is the AI effect? As AI tools find a foothold in the workplace, some experts say they may hinder critical thinking.
We’re told we need to think critically, to not fall for misinformation. Thankfully, it’s a skill we can practise and become better at.
Critical thinking is no hyped-up educational construct. It's real. In fact, it's an increasingly important and relevant skill for our students to develop. Critical thinking is key to dealing with ...
Social media has eroded our patience for challenging cognitive tasks. Now, students are conditioned to reach for AI.
Since the launch of ChatGPT more than two years ago, researchers have highlighted a growing number of drawbacks of generative ...
A survey of workers who use AI has revealed the tools could be slowly impairing our critical thinking skills. Artificial ...
Although the University provides guidance on the use of generative AI, there is no universal policy to the extent in which it ...
For years, some commentators have called for K-12 teachers to take on fake news, media literacy, or online misinformation by doubling down on critical thinking. This push for schools to do a better ...
Artificial intelligence can write a great book review and is good at irony, but it won't replace quality journalism, said the ...
History class can cultivate critical thinking — but only if teachers and schools understand what critical thinking really means. As an education researcher and former high school history teacher ...
And what does it mean to think critically anyway? Critical thinking is based on the idea that if all ideas are equal, then all ideas are worthless. Without this assumption, there can be nothing to ...