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Originally Posted by artdutra04
If more people were taught these critical thinking skills, then they would be better equipped to make decisions in every day life.
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I really loved history in high school as well as biology, math (geometry, algebra, calc), and especially physics all because it was taught by pretty great teachers. It taught me to break down a problem, analyze root causes, and evaluate what to do next or interpret data (even in our AP history classes). AP bio was awesome when the teacher taught us how to diagnose simple diseases or predict outcomes when, let's say, a few proteins are missing. AP history classes I had really really made me learn how to analyze a situation and find a root cause/event. Heck, even AP English classes I had made me analyze (maybe over analyze) why a wall in a character's room was yellow. I loved it all though.
Maybe more kids in high school need to take AP classes or non-AP classes need to emulate the type of thinking and skills AP classes/instructors teach? These classes were more fun than my regular/honors classes.
Art's got it right, so does Karthik. You need to be taught well and without just creating a memorized pattern for a student to follow in order to solve a problem. (obviously this isn't always true in math/physics/chem/bio)
/end babbling +$0.02