Abstract
The Wall Street Journal recently noted that United States “employers say too many schools aren’t teaching students the skills they need—or even basic critical thinking”. This paper 1) motives the need for economics and other college educators to i) address study habits in the classroom, (ii) explain the importance of critical thinking skills, and (iii) define what critical thinking is to introductory students; and 2) provides an overview of how the authors accomplish this in their classrooms. The authors encourage readers to borrow this information to create a study skills and critical thinking module for their own students when teaching principles courses.
Highlights
The Wall Street Journal recently noted that United States “employers say too many schools aren’t teaching students the skills they need—or even basic critical thinking” (Belkin, 2018)
The sections of this paper provide results from study habits questions posed to students in the authors classes; followed by an example of a set of resources the authors go over in class and assign to students to help prepare them to be able to learn more effectively and think more critically
The conclusion from the survey is that a majority of students in the authors classes may be unaware of, or discount, behaviors that translate into successful learning and the development of critical thinking skills
Summary
The Wall Street Journal recently noted that United States “employers say too many schools aren’t teaching students the skills they need—or even basic critical thinking” (Belkin, 2018). A recent Wall Street Journal article found that while ever increasing numbers of students are entering and completing four-year degrees, incentivized by federal education policy and assisted with student loan subsidization, “technology is changing faster than colleges can keep up and employers say too many schools aren’t teaching students the skills they need—or even basic critical thinking” (Belkin, 2018) This has led to an increasing demand among United States employers for specific skills over four-year degrees and to heavier investments by employers, such as AT&T which spent over $1 billion dollars to retrain approximately 100,000 employees, to meet the increasing demands of the labor market, especially in the manufacturing, technology and health-care industries (Belkin, 2018). The conclusion from the survey is that a majority of students in the authors classes may be unaware of, or discount, behaviors that translate into successful learning and the development of critical thinking skills
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