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What are critical thinking dispositions?

Thinking dispositions are personal attributes or habits of mind associated with one's consistent internal motivation to engage problems and make decisions using critical thinking. 

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California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CCTDI)

The California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory is the premier tool for surveying the dispositional aspects of critical thinking. The CCTDI measures the "willing" di...

Business Attribute Inventory (BAI)

The Business Attribute Inventory measures the desire and intention to use one's critical thinking skills to identify, interpret and resolve workplace problems and issues.  

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,...

California Measure of Mental Motivation (CM3)

The CM3  measures an individual's motivation toward problem solving and learning. The four levels of the CM3 cover the full spectrum of learners and workers from kindergarten ch...

Business Critical Thinking Skills Test (BCTST)

The Business Critical Thinking Skills Test (BCTST) is designed to evaluate the critical thinking skills of MBA students, undergraduate Business students and working professionals. It...

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Uses

Why Measure Critical Thinking Attributes?

People who cannot think as well as we need them to think, whether they are workers, parents, children, supervisors, teachers, soldiers or elders impact the success of our school...

Gains in Critical Thinking in Honors Student Class

Robertson and Rane-Szostak demonstrated significant gains in both critical thinking skills (CCTST) and disposition (CCTDI) in their Honors Student course. Students identified collabo...

Testing Skills and Disposition of the Student Body

A large university uses the critical thinking skills test, CCTST, and the disposition test, CCTDI, to get a complete critical thinking profile of their accepted students.

Assessing Health Risk Behaviors.

A health science researcher uses the disposition test CCTDI and critical thinking skills test CCTST to learn the degree to which health risk behaviors can be attributed to poor criti...

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...

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are critical thinking attributes?

The attributes that our tools address are those mental disciplines, personal attributes, dispositions or habits of mind associated with the conssitent internal motivation to engage p...

Why would I need two different tests? What is a companion instrument?

Insight Assessment critical thinking tests are used world wide to assess critical thinking skills (cognitive strategies usually measured as critical thinking ability) and critical th...

CT Dispositions, Habits of Mind, Attributes?

What is the difference between personal mental attributes, mental disciplines, dispositions and habits of mind? These terms are used interchangeably, although one or another may have...

How much time does it take to complete the critical thinking disposition test?

The CCTDI can be completed in about 15 minutes.  Our online testing system allows 20 minutes for the CCTDI in timed mode.

What is the most important score reported on the CCTDI?

The CCTDI is a cluster of independent scales, each reliable measures of an attribute. Early in this research program the CCTDI total score was used by some researchers as their prefe...

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