Its inventors say that is the age kids develop their critical thinking abilities.

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The curriculum outline activities that address learning skills in each learning grade level, including letter writing, data collection, reading, research skills and presentation skills, critical thinking and collaborative working in small groups.

教程总体活动注重,培养学生在每个年级水平的,学习技巧，包括书信写作，数据搜集，阅读，研究技巧，展示技巧，批判性思维,还有小组的团队协作能力。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

It might not be the way they initially imagined, but one of the things that's great about being our society, being talented students have been the gifts of creative imagination as well as critical thinking.

或许这办法并不像他们原本所想的，但他们有一点是很出色的,无论是作为社会一分子还是有才能的学生,那就是批判思维和富有创新的想象。

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So it's the combination of critical thinking, and the fact that you have such good access to professors, who you could really talk to, that as a very, very young person, had a huge impact to me.

总的来说,批判性思维，以及拥有,好的导师，一位你可以真正与之交谈的导师，对于当时非常年轻的我来说，影响巨大。

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