Critical thinking test for elementary and secondary students
The importance of critical thinking in education is supported by numerous researches for decades. In the absence of a critical thinking test (CTT) designed to be used in Portugal, the focus of this paper is the presentation of a critical thinking test for Portuguese adolescents. We present the explo...
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| description | The importance of critical thinking in education is supported by numerous researches for decades. In the absence of a critical thinking test (CTT) designed to be used in Portugal, the focus of this paper is the presentation of a critical thinking test for Portuguese adolescents. We present the exploratory validation study of this instrument, administered to 128 students, aged 12 to 19, attending elementary and secondary schools of low and high socioeconomic status. The construct validity of the nine-item instrument was estimated using an Exploratory Factorial Analysis (AFE), to evaluate the multidimensionality of the CTT. There were three factors: creation, argumentation and explanation, explaining 70.07% of the total variance .We found significant differences between grades and schools. The results suggest that the development of critical thinking skills is related to the grade and students’ socioeconomic status. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dcc50cda29e64c1082e10b008cecdc072022-12-22T02:56:08ZengUniversidad de A CoruñaRevista de Estudios e Investigación en Psicología y Educación2386-74182018-12-0152829110.17979/reipe.2018.5.2.33393140Critical thinking test for elementary and secondary studentsJosé Lopes0Helena Silva1Eva Morais2Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto DouroUniversidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto DouroUniversidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto DouroThe importance of critical thinking in education is supported by numerous researches for decades. In the absence of a critical thinking test (CTT) designed to be used in Portugal, the focus of this paper is the presentation of a critical thinking test for Portuguese adolescents. We present the exploratory validation study of this instrument, administered to 128 students, aged 12 to 19, attending elementary and secondary schools of low and high socioeconomic status. The construct validity of the nine-item instrument was estimated using an Exploratory Factorial Analysis (AFE), to evaluate the multidimensionality of the CTT. There were three factors: creation, argumentation and explanation, explaining 70.07% of the total variance .We found significant differences between grades and schools. The results suggest that the development of critical thinking skills is related to the grade and students’ socioeconomic status.http://revistas.udc.es/index.php/reipe/article/view/3339pensamento críticoensinos básico e secundárioavaliaçãovalidação |
| spellingShingle | José Lopes Helena Silva Eva Morais Critical thinking test for elementary and secondary students Revista de Estudios e Investigación en Psicología y Educación pensamento crítico ensinos básico e secundário avaliação validação |
| title | Critical thinking test for elementary and secondary students |
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| title_short | Critical thinking test for elementary and secondary students |
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