Contents:

• Between The Lines
  Dorothy Knopper

• Creative & Critical Thinking, Teamwork, and Tomorrow's Workplace
  J. Christine Gould, Patricia F. Schoonover

• Promoting Content Complexity and Depth of Reasoning
  Patti Drapeau

• Developing Future Mathematicians: math Circles
  Paul Shepard, Sue Savage Sakashita

• Using Statistics to Lie, Distort, and Abuse Data
  William Bintz, Sara Moore, Cheryll Adams, Rebecca Pierce

• Learning Experiences to Develop Critical Thinking Through Understanding by Design
  David Williams, Margot Williams

• The Affective Side:  IAsking for Help When It Is Needed
  Jean Strop

• The Water Cooler: Misunderstanding About the Need for Gifted Education
  Lou Lloyd-Zannini

• Book Bag: Concept Books for Young Gifted Readers
  Jerry Flack

• Book Review: The Element
  David W. Messer

Study Questions for this issue

1.      What is critical thinking and why is it important? Is it an isolated skill?

2.      Can critical thinking be taught? At home? At school? If so, how should it be taught?

3.      If a person does think critically, should he be expected to use those skills across all domains?

4.      How is critical thinking different from creative thinking?

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