Testing for the Disposition to Think Critically
In order to tesl for critical thinking dispositions, the presence of the requisite critical thinking abilities must first be established. Otherwise, it is always a plausible counterexplanation of failure to use certain abilities that they were not possessed. If a person spontaneously uses some abili...
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description | In order to tesl for critical thinking dispositions, the presence of the requisite critical
thinking abilities must first be established. Otherwise, it is always a plausible counterexplanation of failure to use certain abilities that they were not possessed. If a person spontaneously uses some ability on a task, then it is often legitimate to conclude that the person has both the ability and the disposition to use it. However, if the person does not use the ability spontaneously, the conclusion is ambiguous. The person might not have the ability, or might have the ability but not the disposition to use it, or not the disposition to use it in the specific circumstances of the presented task. This paper proposes methods of critical thinking testing designed to deal with each of these possibilities. |
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spelling | doaj.art-5ba08f484eb443d68333e2e1d257f0692022-12-22T03:16:24ZengUniversity of WindsorInformal Logic0824-25772293-734X1992-01-0114210.22329/il.v14i2.2538Testing for the Disposition to Think CriticallyStephen P. NorrisIn order to tesl for critical thinking dispositions, the presence of the requisite critical thinking abilities must first be established. Otherwise, it is always a plausible counterexplanation of failure to use certain abilities that they were not possessed. If a person spontaneously uses some ability on a task, then it is often legitimate to conclude that the person has both the ability and the disposition to use it. However, if the person does not use the ability spontaneously, the conclusion is ambiguous. The person might not have the ability, or might have the ability but not the disposition to use it, or not the disposition to use it in the specific circumstances of the presented task. This paper proposes methods of critical thinking testing designed to deal with each of these possibilities.https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/2538critical thinking testingcritical thinking dispositionstest validitydispositions |
spellingShingle | Stephen P. Norris Testing for the Disposition to Think Critically Informal Logic critical thinking testing critical thinking dispositions test validity dispositions |
title | Testing for the Disposition to Think Critically |
title_full | Testing for the Disposition to Think Critically |
title_fullStr | Testing for the Disposition to Think Critically |
title_full_unstemmed | Testing for the Disposition to Think Critically |
title_short | Testing for the Disposition to Think Critically |
title_sort | testing for the disposition to think critically |
topic | critical thinking testing critical thinking dispositions test validity dispositions |
url | https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/2538 |
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