Critical thinking is an essential skill in the workplace, particularly for skilled job seekers aiming for salaries of $100,000 or more per year. It involves analyzing facts, evaluating evidence, and ...

The Productive Failure (PF) approach prompts students to attempt to solve a problem prior to instruction – at which point they typically fail. Yet, research on PF shows that students who are involved ...

Let me ask you something: Have you ever been absolutely stuck on a problem at work? I mean, the kind of stuck where you keep trying the same thing over and over, just hoping for a different result? It ...

Imagine Jo: Everyone in Jo's life recognizes her as an outstanding problem solver. She's the type of person who seems capable ...

Many school districts and policymakers are stepping up efforts to teach students the skills they need to be prepared for the jobs of the future. One big area of focus is STEM. Jobs in science, ...

Whether we identify a problem that inspires us or are given a problem to solve, how creative our work on it will be depends on how we think about it. What aspects of the problem can we focus on? How ...