Critical Thinking Attributes Tests

Insight Assessment critical thinking attributes (dispositions) tests focus on an array of habits of mind and values that influence a person’s capacity to learn and to effectively apply critical thinking skills. Three Insight Assessment instruments for education, the College Student Success (CSS), Legal Studies Reasoning Profile (LSRP) and the Military and Defense Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (MCDTI), measure both skills and dispositions. INSIGHT instruments measure both skills and mindset attributes.

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 schools, businesses and society. What can be done when a weakness in thinking skills has been identified in a group of students or workers?Is this weakness simply a matter of their skills, or is it a question of their habits of mind, that is, their disposition toward using thinking as a preferred means of problem solving and decision making? Are they approaching important problems and decisions with the disposition to closed-mindedness, resistance to…

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 is specifically designed to measure the disposition to engage problems and make decisions using critical thinking. One must be disposed to think critically as well as have the skills to do so. The CCTDI is designed for use with the general adult population. CCTDI Purpose The CCTDI measures the “willing” dimension in the expression “willing and able” to think critically. High scores on the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory are positively correlated with a strong desire to apply one’s critical…

College Student Success (CSS)

College Student Success (CSS) is a nationally normed standardized assessment of the specific reasoning skills and personal mindset attributes predictive of success as in college CSS Purpose: College Student Success (CSS) is an assessment tool designed to provide objective measures of the college success mindset and college success reasoning skills of first year undergraduates, college success programs and non-traditional student admissions. Veterans, transfers, and re-entry adult student applicants have had widely varied life, military, educational, and workplace backgrounds and experiences. College entrance tests taken in high school are not useful predictors of their potential for success as re-entry adult or…

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. BAI Purpose When Hiring Smart Counts, Measure the Characteristics That Matter. Employers need people who are both willing and able to think. The Business Attribute Inventory is intended for use with the general population of adults, including high school graduates, community and technical college students, and undergraduates. The BAI is designed for the evaluation of the full spectrum of job candidates, from those applying for seasonal, temporary or part time positions to those seeking full time,…

EDUCATE INSIGHT Thinking Mindset Assessment for grades K-2

EDUCATE INSIGHT Thinking Mindset Grades K-2

EDUCATE INSIGHT Thinking Mindset Grades K-2 is specifically designed to measure the motivation toward problem solving and learning of children in kindergarten through second grade. Test Purpose Critical thinking is the key to educational success throughout the world. Educators know that the ability and the willingness to learn are interdependent—and that if students aren’t motivated to do the work of learning, their progress will be limited across the curriculum. Since children do not learn at the same pace and in the same way, early measurements of a student’s motivation to learn can provide important individual and group diagnostics that impact…

EDUCATE INSIGHT Thinking Mindset Assessments for grades 3-5

EDUCATE INSIGHT Thinking Mindset Grades 3-5

EDUCATE INSIGHT Thinking Mindset Grades 3-5 is calibrated to measure the motivation toward problem solving and learning of children in Grades 3 – 5. Test Purpose Critical thinking is the key to educational success throughout the world. Educators know that the ability and the willingness to learn are interdependent—and that if students aren’t motivated to do the work of learning, their progress will be limited across the curriculum. Early assessment of a student motivation to learn can provide important individual and group diagnostics. Quick, easy to administer, EDUCATE INSIGHT Thinking Mindset Grades 3-5 delivers results that are locally relevant immediately. Given at…

EDUCATE INSIGHT Thinking Mindset Assessments for grades 6-12

EDUCATE INSIGHT Thinking Mindset Grades 6-12

EDUCATE INSIGHT Thinking Mindset Grades 6-12 is calibrated to measure the degree to which older children and adolescents in middle and high school are cognitively engaged and mentally motivated toward intellectual activities. Test Purpose Educators know that the ability and the willingness to learn are interdependent. At the middle school and high school level, an adolescent’s sense of identity as a learner is developing; students are required to assume more responsibility for their work, requiring stronger learning orientation, organization and systematicity. Critical thinking skills are increasingly related to standardized test success. If students aren’t motivated to do the work of learning,…

CM3 III assesses adult level critical thinking attributes

California Measure of Mental Motivation Level III

The California Measure of Mental Motivation (CM3) Level III is calibrated to measure the degree to which college students and adults are cognitively engaged and mentally motivated toward intellectual activities Test Purpose The desire to think and to learn triggers success in school or on the job. Motivated people, young or old, are more likely to engage problems, apply knowledge and achieve results as compared to those who are not motivated to put forth any real effort. Students with this mindset and strong mental motivation will be able to succeed across curricular lines. If students aren’t motivated to do the…