How universities can assess critical thinking skills in the age of generative AI
By
Kate WilliamsGeorgia Tech’s Center for 21st Century Universities
Summary
The article examines how higher education can increase its relevance and address the impact of generative AI on learning by focusing on improving students' critical thinking skills. It acknowledges that critical thinking is difficult to both teach and measure, often being recognized only in its absence. The piece offers practical ways to level up traditional assessment formats to better evaluate critical thinking in the age of AI.
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bskyHow universities can assess critical thinking skills in the age of generative AItimeshighereducation.comKey quotes
· 4 pulledImproving critical thinking is neither easy to do nor easy to measure.
Outside educational philosophers, it is often defined as something 'you know when you see it'.
Or, perhaps more clearly, you know it when you don't see it.
This critical time reveals the value of what universities have always been meant to do: improve students' critical thinking.
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