As well as strengthening your word knowledge, puzzles are also good for improving your critical thinking skills.

除了增强你的词汇知识，字谜还可以提高你的批判性思考技能。

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Your critical thinking skills will be improved as you learn to view things through a different lens.

学习从不同方面看待事情可以改善你的批判性思维能力。

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Academics agreed with the CPAs that critical and strategic thinking was the prime skill, but rated auditing skills and investigative ability as second and third.

专家学者认同注册会计师的看法，也将批判与战略性思维视为首要技能，但是位列第二、三位的是审计技能和调查能力。

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"Staying on top of soft skills such as critical thinking and time management while maintaining expertise in hard skills such as widely-used software programs provides candidates and employees with a necessary edge, " says Christian Idiodi, director of CBInstitute.com, a division of CareerBuilder.com that offers online courses and certifications.

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And even if those educated in the sciences pursue employment in other areas, learning the scientific method in an accessible manner helps to cultivate critical thinking skills that are useful as a consumer and citizen.

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All of this boosts self-confidence as students gain critical thinking and creative skills.

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