Struggle and Critical Thinking
Read the following items:
1. “In College a Lack of Rigor Leaves Students Adrift”
http://www.npr.org/2011/02/09/133310978/in-college-a-lack-of-rigor-leaves-students-adrift (Links to an external site.)
2. “Struggle for Smarts: How Eastern and Western Cultures Tackle Learning.”
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/11/12/164793058/struggle-for-smarts-how-eastern-and-western-cultures-tackle-learning (Links to an external site.)
3. “Congratulations, You Failed” (Nancy Joseph, Perspectives Newsletter, August 2019)
https://artsci.washington.edu/news/2019-08/congratulations-you-failed# (Links to an external site.)
After reading the above answer as follows questions.
1. What benefit do scholars see in struggle and failure?
2. What are some of the possible reasons for the decline in critical thinking
skill among U.S. college students?
3. How comfortable are you in the understanding and practice of critical
thinking? Explain.