Being a critical and creative thinker is essential in today’s workplace. It’s also crucial to your career success, regardless of your field or your position. Employers are looking for employees who can creatively problem solve to find answers that are best for both employees and the company.

You will understand why having the ability to adapt to change is an essential employment skill.

Observe disorganization in an office setting and choose solutions to the problems as if playing the board game "Clue."

The learner will explore basic human limitations that create barriers to critical thinking including selective thinking, false memories, and perceptual limitations.

Learners examine how language can interfere with clear communication. They select examples of ambiguity, assuring expressions, doublespeak euphemisms, jargon, emotive content, false implications, meaningless comparisons, and vagueness. In an interactive exercise, learners identify ways to overcome these barriers.

Learners will identify their learning styles and practice ways to retain information in class and on the job.

The learner will examine strategies for evaluating new ideas and accepting change that will enhance teamwork.

In this interactive object, learners examine the characteristics of effective visual displays. This activity is designed primarily for instructional assistants.

Compare the behaviors and situations that interfere with effective communication in the workplace with those that enhance listening skills and career performance.

Learners read about nonverbal communication. In a drag-and-drop exercise, they evaluate photos of people interacting and determine if the behaviors shown interfere with communication or enhance it.

The learner will explore the challenges commonly faced with remaining motivated and identify the obstacles that cause a loss of motivation.

Learners follow the steps for adding and subtracting signed numbers and complete practice exercises.

Students perform conversions among fractions, decimals, and percentages in this assessment.

In this learning activity you'll review the place values of whole numbers.

In this learning activity you'll calculate percentages using a grid to solve problems.

In this interactive object, the learner examines the basic terms used in division. A quiz completes the activity.

In this learning activity you'll calculate problems using the negative both inside and outside of the parenthesis.

In this learning activity you'll use a chart and a calculator to find prime numbers 1 and 100.

Students recognize the conversions used among fractions, decimals, and percents

Learners quiz themselves on the conversion factors within and between the metric, apothecary, and household systems.