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Stephen Downes

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Alex Reid, who is usually very reliable, repeats the tired old argument that "critical thinking is bogus." He writes, "the 'thinking skills' (critical or otherwise) required of students in different disciplines (and later in their professions) are situated and are not easily practiced outside of those contexts." Maybe he's been reading Daniel Willingham or some other unrelaible source. But no, reasoning skills do not change from discipline to discipline. Here's my response.

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