Teaching children critical thinking skills

Originally published at: https://eduk8.me/2017/06/teaching-children-critical-thinking-skills/

Claims about what improves or harms our health are ubiquitous. People need to be able to assess the reliability of these claims. We aimed to evaluate an intervention designed to teach primary school children to assess claims about the effects of treatments (ie, any action intended to maintain or improve health). Source: Effects of the Informed…