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How do I prove our Freshman Seminar or First Year program is effective?

Pretest and posttest your students' critical thinking skills and critical thinking habits of mind using Insight Assessment's critical thinking measurement tools. The difference between the pre and post test results will demonstrate the effectiveness of your curriculum.  Contact one of our doctorally prepared academic assessment specialists to discuss cost-effective data gathering strategies for pre-post testing students in your program.

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Test of Everyday Reasoning (TER)

The Test of Everyday Reasoning (TER) is a test of critical thinking skills calibrated for test takers in high school or the first two years of post-secondary education, and for adult...

Legal Studies Reasoning Profile (LSRP)

The LSRP is a two-part tool designed for legal professionals and students in law school and government, legal studies, pre-law, and paralegal programs. .

Health Science Reasoning Test (HSRT)

The HSRT is a test of critical thinking specifically designed for health sciences and health care professional preparation programs. Items require no health science knowledge but are...

Military and Defense Critical Thinking Inventory (MDCTI)

The MDCTI Part 1 & 2 precisely targets those core critical thinking skills, the disciplines of mind and the personal attributes regarded as essential for military personnel,...

Professional Judgement Rating Form (PJRF)

The Professional Judgment Rating Form (PJRF) was developed by our research team to make holistic assessments of critical thinking in educational and workplace settings. The PJRF is u...

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Uses

Evaluate Effectiveness of Freshman Seminars

Freshman Seminar and First Year Success Directors are adopting programs using Insight Assessment critical thinking measurement tools to pretest and posttest their students' critical...

General Studies Programs

Many institutions organize high quality Freshman Seminar and Core General Studies programs around the cross-disciplinary critical thinking learning outcome. Teaching for critica...

CT in Student Affairs Programs

Student Affairs Vice Presidents and Professionals are using Insight Assessment tests, the California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST), the Test of Everyday Reasoning (TER),...

Measure Effectiveness of Freshman Introductory Classes

A professor of health science uses the CCTDI & HSRT to compare and measure gains in critical thinking skills and dispositions (pre and post testing design) after students are in...

Medical Centers Design Cost Effective Programs

Critical thinking is at the heart of diagnostic reasoning and the development of new clinical knowledge. The HSRT and other Insight Assessment test instruments are being used worldwi...

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why CT in Freshman Seminars or First Year Programs?

1.   Because strong critical thinking skills and positive critical thinking habits of mind are vital academic success in every academic discipline and major field of study....

Why should we teach critical thinking in our Freshman Seminar / First Year Program?

Because strong critical thinking skills and positive critical thinking habits of mind mean student success.  By teaching critical thinking, the Freshman Seminar enables students...

Which Student Affairs programs can advance students' critical thinking skills and habits of mind?

All of them, but particularly through the Freshman Seminar program, residence life programming, student clubs and organizations, student publications, and service learning.

What are examples of objective criteria for the attainment of evidence based learning outcomes?

It is increasingly important for educational organizations to document achievement of students' learning outcomes. Many of Insight Assessment’s customers use one or more of our instr...

How can I use pretest-posttest assessment data?

With a well designed pre-post test program, data can be used to follow a targeted group of students or track the overall growth of cohorts of students to assess the long term and/or...

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