Linda Elder
Educational psychologist and author
Linda Elder is an American educational psychologist who leads the Foundation for Critical Thinking. She is known for her work on how critical thinking develops.
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About Linda Elder
Linda Elder is an American educational psychologist and author. Elder holds the presidency of the Foundation for Critical Thinking and is an executive director at the Center for Critical Thinking. She has taught psychology and critical thinking at college level and has spoken to more than 20,000 educators. She also created her own stage theory of critical thinking development. Elder has co-authored several books on the subject. One of them is Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Learning and Your Life. Another is Twenty-Five Days to Better Thinking and Better Living. She has also co-authored a series of thinker's guides on critical thinking.