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Critical
thinking. Tests of critical thinking. Critical thinking tests. Critical
thinking skills. IQ. Tests. CT.
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 Critical Thinking:
What It Is and Why It Counts -- 2007 Update
This
21 page essay, written by Dr. Peter ("Pete") Facione primarily
for students and the general public. This essay invites readers
to think about critical thinking, and in so doing it provides a
sound and research-based conceptual synthesis describing critical
thinking skills and dispositions. The emphasis in the essay, beyond
the definition developed, is on the personally and socially significant
uses of critical thinking. Civic engagement without critical thinking
may be nothing but noise, polemics, and political deception. This
2007 update expands the discussion of critical thinking by connecting
it with recent work in cognitive science. It includes a discussion
of several heuristic thinking strategies humans commonly use, including
their potential advantages and their inherent potential biases.
The essay talks about our two human problem-solving systems which
appear to operate in parallel; one being our more intuitive, reactive,
and holistic decision-making, and the other being our more reflective
and procedural and rule-governed. ©1992, 1998 2004, 2006, 2007
Insight Assessment, The California Academic Press LLC, Millbrae,
CA. Although the Author and the Publisher hold all copyrights, in
the interests of advancing education and improving critical thinking,
permission is granted for paper, electronic, or digital copies to
be made in unlimited amounts, provided that their distribution is
free of charge and provided that whenever material from this
essay is cited or extracted in whole or in part that appropriate
citation is made by indicating this essay's full title, author's
name, publisher's name, year, and page or pages where it appears
in this 2007 edition. See permissions statement on the first page
of the essay. Hundreds
of websites world wide are linked to "CT: What and Why."
Establish a link on your website or in your course management software
for your students today.
The
Delphi Report Executive Summary, ISBN 1-891557-01-7
The landmark 1990 report describing findings
of the two year project to articulate an international expert consensus
definition of critical thinking, including its core cognitive skills.
The experts identify the characteristics of an ideal critical thinker,
and present specific recommendations relating to critical thinking
instruction and assessment. To
read an excerpt from The Delphi Report Executive Summary and download
a copy click here.
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The
senior research associates of Insight Assessment have engaged in
the empirical and conceptual analysis of reasoning for decades.
In the late 1980's the focus was on articulating a broadly acceptable
and educationally meaningful definition of critical thinking. At
the same time, more than two decades of experience in the development
of valid and reliable reasoning skills tests culminated in the publication
of the California Critical Thinking Skills Test. Through the decade
of the 1990's the research expanded to the dispositional aspect
of reasoning and connection of critical thinking (skills and dispositions)
with professional judgment. The latest work of our team of researchers
focuses at both the empirical and the conceptual levels on the analysis,
assessment, and development of more effective human decision-making
in contexts of risk and uncertainty, a concern of every conscientious
professional and leader.
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on the title below to read the publication's abstract.
In some cases IA has provided a PDF file so you can download a copy
for personal use. The California Academic Press LLC, which holds
several of the copyrights, encourages links to its publications
and the use of its materials by educators and researchers.
Analyzing
Explanations for Seemingly Irrational Arguments: Linking Argument
Analysis and Cognitive Science, 2001
A
Look across Four Years at the Disposition toward Critical Thinking
Among Undergraduate Students, 2001
Reasoned
Judgment and Revelation: The Relation of Critical Thinking and Bible
Study, 2000
The
Disposition Toward Critical Thinking: It's Character, Measurement,
and Relationship to Critical Thinking Skill, 2000
The
Motivation to Think in Working and Learning, 1997
Professional
Judgment and the Disposition Toward Critical Thinking, 1997
Assessment
Design Issues for Evaluating Critical Thinking in Nursing, 1996
Externalizing
the Critical Thinking in Knowledge Development and Clinical Judgment,
1996
The
Disposition Toward Critical Thinking, 1995
The
Disposition Toward Critical Thinking as a Measure of Competent Clinical
Judgment: The Development of the California Critical Thinking Disposition
Inventory, 1994
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