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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. 2.  Because regional accreditation organizations are looking to First Year Success and Freshman Seminar programs as vehicles through which institutions can deliver and assess their core learning outcomes.

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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...

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...

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...

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. .

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,...

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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...

Quality Improvement Results in State Funding

 Many Southeastern schools use critical thinking testing CCTST for accreditation and receive state funding by maintaining a QEP that shows year over year improvement in their CC...

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...

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Frequently Asked Questions

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...

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 betwe...

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.

Can we use the results from your tests in our accreditation or performance funding process?

At the college, community college, professional school level regional and national accrediting agencies recognize the data gathered with our testing tools for purposes of educational...

My state is asking for metrics as part of the funding criteria. Can you help?

Yes. Tests like the CCTST have been approved for performance funding purposes.  The CCTST is an objective measure of core critical thinking skills.   By benchmarking a...

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