Australian high school students who sit the International Baccalaureate diploma develop significantly higher critical thinking skills than those taking a state-based equivalent such as the HSC | natassiazc
is a globally recognised senior school credential offered as an alternative to the Higher School Certificate in about 20 NSW independent schools.
"Those are some of the reasons I chose the IB," said year 10 Cranbrook student Max Lindley, who will be in the school's first diploma cohort and hopes to write his major work on paleontology.The Oxford research used critical thinking tests to assess differences in samples of IB and non-IB students in Australia, Norway and England. They tested students’ skills in induction, deduction, evaluation, and credibility assessment of given statements.
Cranbrook headmaster Nicholas Sampson said those skills would give students an advantage in university and the workforce.
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