Currently, more careers now are demanding students that have developed critical thinking and can apply it to real life situations. Careers are also looking for college students that can project their ideas in an understandable format. "Those employing college graduates have been concerned about the ability of alumni to apply critical thinking skills to make them promotable beyond requirements for entry-level positions" (Fram). Unfortunately, college students have not developed enough critical thinking skills. This poses a problem to future careers that require critical thinking skills. If students are not able to acquire enough critical thinking skills, then they, as workers, will lack the skills necessary for problem solving. They will also
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Barnwell, the writer of "My students Don't Know How to Have a Conversation", witnessed how his class reacted to an assignment involving communicating. He states in his article, "I watched trial runs of their podcasts frequently fall silent" (Barnwell). Students seem to be spending more time on computers and phones rather than taking opportunities to communicate with others face-to-face. By not communicating with others face-to-face often, critical thinking is not being practiced through communication. For example, if a student does not have enough critical thinking skills practiced through communicating and have an important interview that determines whether or not they will get the job for their ideal career, then they will lack the confidence and ability to handle the interview preventing him or her from getting a job. College students should learn the ability to apply critical thinking to answers the interviews may ask in order to be …show more content…
In the article, "Assessing Change In Student Critical Thinking For Introduction To Sociology Classes," Rickles states, "Critical thinking can be conceived of as a skill or a process, rather than a body of knowledge. Critical thinking also involves attitudes, habits, values, and behavior." (Rickles). Critical thinking is more than just knowing and recalling information, it is a skill that uses information in order to evaluate situations and questions and find the solutions and answers to create new ideas. Writing is a way of improving and developing students' critical thinking skills. We as humans tend to use fast thinking meaning we are able to read and write words with no effort, answer simple math problems, and point of what objects are. Goodwin states in his article, Research Says/Teach Critical Thinking to Teach Writing, "Writing may help students develop their critical thinking skills, but writing does not necessarily teach critical thinking" (Goodwin). Writing helps us to slow down and think more clearly and beyond what we automatically thing, such as questioning the way things are and answering those questions. This is important because we begin to practice our critical thinking skills and use it more frequently to develop new ideas, find answers to questions, and find solutions to
Barnwell, the writer of "My students Don't Know How to Have a Conversation", witnessed how his class reacted to an assignment involving communicating. He states in his article, "I watched trial runs of their podcasts frequently fall silent" (Barnwell). Students seem to be spending more time on computers and phones rather than taking opportunities to communicate with others face-to-face. By not communicating with others face-to-face often, critical thinking is not being practiced through communication. For example, if a student does not have enough critical thinking skills practiced through communicating and have an important interview that determines whether or not they will get the job for their ideal career, then they will lack the confidence and ability to handle the interview preventing him or her from getting a job. College students should learn the ability to apply critical thinking to answers the interviews may ask in order to be …show more content…
In the article, "Assessing Change In Student Critical Thinking For Introduction To Sociology Classes," Rickles states, "Critical thinking can be conceived of as a skill or a process, rather than a body of knowledge. Critical thinking also involves attitudes, habits, values, and behavior." (Rickles). Critical thinking is more than just knowing and recalling information, it is a skill that uses information in order to evaluate situations and questions and find the solutions and answers to create new ideas. Writing is a way of improving and developing students' critical thinking skills. We as humans tend to use fast thinking meaning we are able to read and write words with no effort, answer simple math problems, and point of what objects are. Goodwin states in his article, Research Says/Teach Critical Thinking to Teach Writing, "Writing may help students develop their critical thinking skills, but writing does not necessarily teach critical thinking" (Goodwin). Writing helps us to slow down and think more clearly and beyond what we automatically thing, such as questioning the way things are and answering those questions. This is important because we begin to practice our critical thinking skills and use it more frequently to develop new ideas, find answers to questions, and find solutions to