CAE Expands Critical Thinking Skills Collaboration With Finland Ministry of Education and Culture
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Wednesday, May 31, 2023
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NEW YORK, May 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Council for Aid to Education, Inc. (CAE), a leader in designing innovative performance tasks for measurement and instruction of higher order skills, today announced a multiyear collaboration with the Finland Ministry of Education and Culture, expanding on a previous study that measured Finnish higher education students’ critical thinking, problem solving, and written communication skills (“generic skills”).
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- NEW YORK, May 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Council for Aid to Education, Inc. (CAE), a leader in designing innovative performance tasks for measurement and instruction of higher order skills, today announced a multiyear collaboration with the Finland Ministry of Education and Culture, expanding on a previous study that measured Finnish higher education students’ critical thinking, problem solving, and written communication skills (“generic skills”).
- “CAE is honored that the Finland Ministry of Education and Culture has again chosen our assessments to gain a deeper understanding of the level of generic skills and the factors that can improve these skills for their higher education students,” said Bob Yayac, CAE president and chief executive officer.
- “Critical thinking and communication skills are essential for academic and career success, whether in Finland or throughout the international community,” said Dr. Jani Ursin, co-national program manager, University of Jyväskylä Finnish Institute for Educational Research (FIER).
- “It is our responsibility to provide higher education institutions the tools they need to support student success,” said Maarit Palonen, counsellor of education, Finland Ministry of Education and Culture.