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10/18/17 1 Assessing Critical Thinking Skills DAVID K. KNOX, PH.D., DIRECTOR OF CLEMSON THINKS 2 (CT 2 ) κριτικός (Kritikos), relating to judging, fit for judging, skilled in judging, able to discern (Plato, Plutarch, Lucian, others). With the genitive of the object, for example: κριτικὸς ἐνθυμήσεων καί ἐννοιῶν καρδίας - able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. What is ”Critical” in Critical Thinking? Attitude + Knowledge + Thinking Skills = Critical Thinking “Proficiency in reading, writing, and arithmetic has traditionally been the entry-level threshold to the job market, but the new workplace requires more from its employees. Employees need to think critically, solve problems, innovate, collaborate, and communicate more effectively.” –– American Management Association, 2010 (quoted in Diane Halpern: Thought and Knowledge, page 5.)

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AssessingCriticalThinkingSkillsDAVIDK.KNOX,PH.D.,DIRECTOROFCLEMSONTHINKS2(CT2)

κριτικός (Kritikos), relatingtojudging,fitforjudging,skilledinjudging,abletodiscern (Plato, Plutarch, Lucian,others).Withthegenitiveoftheobject,forexample:κριτικὸς ἐνθυμήσεων καί ἐννοιῶν καρδίας- abletojudgethe thoughtsandintentions oftheheart.

Whatis”Critical”inCriticalThinking?

Attitude+Knowledge+ThinkingSkills=CriticalThinking

“Proficiencyinreading,writing,andarithmetichastraditionallybeentheentry-levelthresholdtothejobmarket,butthenewworkplacerequiresmorefromitsemployees.Employeesneedtothinkcritically,solveproblems,innovate,collaborate,andcommunicatemoreeffectively.”–– AmericanManagementAssociation,2010(quotedinDianeHalpern:ThoughtandKnowledge,page5.)

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HartResearchAssociatesStudy:2009*• Intellectualandpracticalskills• Theabilitytocommunicateeffectively,orallyandinwriting(89%)• Criticalthinkingandanalyticalreasoningskills(81%)• Theabilitytoanalyzeandsolvecomplexproblems(75%)• Teamworkskillsandtheabilitytocollaboratewithothersindiversegroupsettings(71%)

• Theabilitytoinnovateandbecreative(70%)• Theabilitytolocate,organize,andevaluateinformationfrommultiple• sources(68%)• Theabilitytoworkwithnumbersandunderstandstatistics(63%)

*http://www.aacu.org/sites/default/files/files/LEAP/2009_EmployerSurvey.pdf

HartResearchAssociatesStudy:2009*

*http://www.aacu.org/sites/default/files/files/LEAP/2009_EmployerSurvey.pdf

CriticalThinking,Defined“Criticalthinkingistheprocessofpurposeful,reflective

judgment.Criticalthinkingmanifestsitselfingivingreasonedandfair-mindedconsiderationtoevidence,conceptualizations,methods,contexts,andstandards inordertodecidewhatto

believeorwhattodo.”(Facione,2010).“Theintellectuallydisciplinedprocessofactively andskillfullyconceptualizing,applying,analyzing,synthesizing,and/orevaluatinginformationgatheredfrom,orgeneratedby,

observation,experience,reflection,reasoning,orcommunication,asaguidetobeliefandaction”(ScrivenandPaul,1987).

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CriticalThinking,Defined“Criticalthinkingistheuseofthosecognitiveskillsorstrategiesthatincreasetheprobabilityofadesiredoutcome.Itisusedtodescribethinkingthatispurposeful,reasoned,andgoal

directed– thekindofthinkinginvolvedinsolvingproblems,formulatinginferences,calculatinglikelihoods,andmakingdecisions,whenthethinkerisusingskillsthatare

thoughtfulandeffectivefortheparticularcontextandtypeofthinkingtask.”(Halpern,2014)

“Beingacriticalthinkerinvolvesmorethancognitiveactivitiessuchaslogicalreasoningorscrutinizingargumentsforassertionsunsupportedbyempiricalevidence.Thinkingcriticallyinvolvesourrecognizingtheassumptionsunderlyingourbeliefsandbehaviors.Itmeanswecangivejustificationsforourideasandactions.Mostimportant,perhaps,itmeanswetrytojudgetherationalityofthesejustifications.Wecandothisbycomparingthemtoarangeofvaryinginterpretationsandperspectives.Wecanthinkthrough,project,andanticipatetheconsequencesofthoseactionsthatarebasedonthesejustifications.Andwecantesttheaccuracyandrationalityofthesejustificationsagainstsomekindofobjectiveanalysisofthe

"real"worldasweunderstandit.”(Brookfield,1987)

CriticalThinking,Defined“Itisthemarkofaneducatedmindtobeabletoentertainathoughtwithoutacceptingit.”―Aristotle,Metaphysics“Allthatweareistheresultofwhatwehavethought:itisfoundedonourthoughtsandmadeupofourthoughts.”–– Buddha,Dhammapada“Learningwithoutthoughtislaborlost;thoughtwithoutlearningisperilous”–– Confucius,Analects“Readnottocontradictandconfute;nortobelieveandtakeforgranted;nortofindtalkanddiscourse;buttoweighandconsider”–– FrancisBacon,“OfStudies”

CriticalThinkingMindset:EagernessandSkills“Apersonwithastrongdisposition towardcriticalthinkinghastheconsistentinternalmotivationtoengageproblemsandmakedecisionsbycriticalthinking.Operationallythismeansthreethings:Thepersonconsistentlyvalues criticalthinking,believes thatusingcriticalthinkingskillsoffersthegreatestpromiseforreachinggoodjudgments,andintends toapproachproblemsanddecisionsbyapplyingcriticalthinkingskillsasbestasheorshecan.Thiscombinationofvalues,beliefs,andintentionsformsthehabitsofmindthatdisposethepersontowardcriticalthinking.”–– PeterFacione,ThinkCritically,Chapter2.1

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CriticalThinkingMindset:EagernessandSkills“Everyonethinks;itisournaturetodoso.Butmuchofourthinking,lefttoitself,isbiased,distorted,partial,uninformed,ordown-rightprejudiced.Yetthequalityofourlifeandthatofwhatweproduce,make,orbuilddependspreciselyonthequalityofourthought.Shoddythinkingiscostly,bothinmoneyandinqualityoflife.Excellenceinthought,however,mustbesystematicallycultivated”–– RichardPaulandLindaElder,CriticalThinkingConceptsandTools,pg.2

CriticalThinkingMindset:EagernessandSkillsUniversalIntellectualStandards:Clarity: Couldyouelaboratefurtheronthatpoint?Couldyouexpressthatpointinanotherway?Couldyougivemeanillustration?”Couldyougivemeanexample?Accuracy: Isthatreallytrue?Howcouldwecheckthat?Howcouldwefindoutifthatistrue?Precision: Couldyougivememoredetails?Couldyoubemorespecific?Relevance: Howisthatconnectedtothequestion?Howdoesthatbearontheissue?

CriticalThinkingMindset:EagernessandSkillsUniversalIntellectualStandards(cont’d)

Depth: Howdoesyouransweraddressthecomplexitiesinthequestion?Howareyoutakingintoaccounttheproblemsinthequestion?Areyoudealingwiththemostsignificantfactors?Breadth: Doweneedtoconsideranotherpointofview?Isthereanotherwaytolookatthisquestion?WhatwouldthislooklikefromthepointofviewofX?Logic: Doesthisreallymakesense?Doesthisfollowfromwhatyousaid?Howdoesthatfollow?Fairness: Areweconsideringallrelevantviewpointsingoodfaith?Arewedistortingsomeinformationtomaintainourbiasedperspective?Arewemoreinterestedinourvestedintereststhanthecommongood?–– RichardPaulandLindaElder,CriticalThinkingConceptsandTools,pgs.8,9

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CT2 PointsofAssessment:Classes•PreandPostCaliforniaCriticalThinkingSkillsTests

•CTArtifacts

•AdditionalquestionsforCT2 classesonEvaluationofInstructorforms

•TransferrableSkillsNSSEmodule

•ETSProficiencyProfile(FreshmenandSeniors)

•ClemsonEducationalProfile

CT2 PointsofAssessment:

CriticalThinkingTestsHigherEducation:General-Content,Multi-Aspect*ACTCAAPTestModule:CriticalThinking. .http://www.act.org/caap/index.html (retiringinJanuary2018)

TheCaliforniaCriticalThinkingSkillsTest(CCTST): CollegeLevel.http://www.insightassessment.com

TheCaliforniaCriticalThinkingDispositionsInventory (CCTDI). http://www.insightassessment.com

CambridgeThinkingSkillsAssessment.CambridgeAssessmenthttp://www.admissionstests.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/adt/tsacambridge/about

CollegiateLearningAssessment+ (CLA+).http://www.collegiatelearningassessment.org/

TheCriticalThinkingAssessmentTest (CAT).http://www.tntech.edu/cat/using/CornellCriticalThinkingTest,LevelZ.https://www.criticalthinking.com/cornell-critical-thinking-test-level-z.html

ETS® ProficiencyProfile. http://www.ets.org/proficiencyprofile/about

*Adaptedfrom:ANANNOTATEDLISTOFENGLISH-LANGUAGECRITICALTHINKINGTESTS: RobertH.EnnisandGeoffreyScottChattin,UniversityofIllinoisUC

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CriticalThinkingTestsHigherEducation:General-Content,Multi-Aspect*HalpernCriticalThinkingAssessment(HCTA)https://sites.google.com/site/dianehalperncmc/home/research/halpern-critical-thinking-assessment

HolisticCriticalThinkingScoringRubric(HCTSR).http://www.insightassessment.com/

InternationalCriticalThinkingBasicConcepts&UnderstandingOnlineTest:AssessingInitialUnderstandingofBasicCriticalThinkingConceptsandPrinciples.http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/online-critical-thinking-basic-concepts-test/679

InternationalCriticalThinkingEssayTest.http://www.criticalthinking.org/store/products/international-critical-thinking-test/185

JamesMadisonTestofCriticalThinking(partoftheJamesMadisoncriticalthinkingcourse),https://www.criticalthinking.com/james-madison-critical-thinking-course-student-book.html.

NewJerseyTestofReasoningSkills.http://cehs.montclair.edu/academic/iapc/

OxfordThinkingSkillsAssessment.CambridgeAssessment.http://www.admissionstests.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/adt/tsaoxford/about

Watson-GlaserIICriticalThinkingAppraisal.https://us.talentlens.com/watson-glaser-critical-thinking-test

*Adaptedfrom:ANANNOTATEDLISTOFENGLISH-LANGUAGECRITICALTHINKINGTESTS: RobertH.EnnisandGeoffreyScottChattin,UniversityofIllinoisUC

CriticalThinkingTestsTheCaliforniaCriticalThinkingSkillsTest(CCTST)TheCaliforniaCriticalThinkingSkillsTest(CCTST)isanobjectivemeasureofthecorereasoningskillsneededforreflectivedecisionmakingconcerningwhattobelieveorwhattodo.TheCCTSTisdesignedtoengagethetest-taker’sreasoningskills.Multiplechoiceitemsuseeverydayscenarios,appropriatetotheintendedtest-takergroup.Eachitemrequiresthatthetest-takermakeanaccurateandcompleteinterpretationofthequestion. Anyspecializedinformationneededtorespondcorrectlyisprovidedinthequestionitself.Thetestitemsrangeindifficultyandcomplexity.Differentquestionsprogressivelyinvitetest-takerstoanalyzeortointerpretinformationpresentedintext,charts,orimages;todrawaccurateandwarrantedinferences;toevaluateinferencesandexplainwhytheyrepresentstrongreasoningorweakreasoning;ortoexplainwhyagivenevaluationofaninferenceisstrongorweak.Theinstrumentistypicallyadministeredin45-50minutes;thelengthoftheinstrumentissettopermitmaximumperformancewithintherangeofpossibleeffortfortheintendedtest-takergroup.

CriticalThinkingTestsTheCaliforniaCriticalThinkingSkillsTest(CCTST)ScaleDescriptions

ReasoningSkills- Overall:

TheReasoningSkillsOveralldescribesoverallstrengthinusingreasoningtoformreflectivejudgmentsaboutwhattobelieve or whattodo.Toscorewelloverall,thetest-takermustexcelinthesustained,focusedandintegratedapplicationofcorereasoningskillsincludinganalysis,interpretation,inference,evaluation,explanation,inductionanddeduction.The Overallscorepredictsthecapacityforsuccessineducationalorworkplacesettingswhichdemandreasoneddecisionmakingandthoughtfulproblemsolving.

Analysis:

Analyticalreasoningskillsenablepeopletoidentifyassumptions,reasonsandclaims,andtoexaminehowtheyinteractintheformationofarguments. Weuseanalysistogatherinformationfromcharts,graphs,diagrams,spokenlanguageanddocuments. Peoplewithstronganalyticalskillsattendto patternsandtodetails.Theyidentifytheelementsofasituationanddeterminehowthosepartsinteract. Stronginterpretationskillscansupporthighqualityanalysisbyprovidinginsightsintothesignificanceofwhatapersonissayingorwhatsomethingmeans.

Inference:

Inferenceskillsenableustodrawconclusionsfromreasonsandevidence.Weuseinferencewhenweofferthoughtfulsuggestionsandhypotheses. Inferenceskillsindicatethenecessaryortheveryprobableconsequencesofagivensetoffactsandconditions. Conclusions,hypotheses,recommendationsordecisionsthatarebasedonfaultyanalyses,misinformation,baddataorbiasedevaluationscanturnouttobemistaken,eveniftheyhavebeenreachedusingexcellentinferenceskills.

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Evaluation:

Evaluativereasoningskillsenableustoassessthecredibilityofsourcesofinformationandtheclaimstheymake. And,weuse theseskillstodeterminethestrengthorweaknessofarguments. Applyingevaluationskillswecanjudgethequalityofanalyses,interpretations,explanations,inferences,options,opinions,beliefs,ideas,proposals,anddecisions. Strongexplanationskillscansupporthighqualityevaluationbyprovidingtheevidence,reasons,methods,criteria,orassumptionsbehindtheclaimsmadeandtheconclusionsreached.

Deduction:

Decisionmakinginpreciselydefinedcontextswhererules,operatingconditions,corebeliefs,values,policies,principles,proceduresandterminologycompletelydeterminetheoutcomedependsonstrongdeductivereasoningskills.Deductivereasoningmoveswithexactingprecisionfromtheassumedtruthofasetofbeliefstoaconclusionwhichcannotbefalseifthosebeliefsaretrue.Deductivevalidityisrigorouslylogicalandclear-cut. Deductivevalidityleavesno roomforuncertainty,unlessonealtersthemeaningsofwordsorthegrammarofthelanguage.

Induction:

Decisionmakingincontextsofuncertaintyreliesoninductivereasoning. Weuseinductivereasoningskillswhenwedrawinferencesaboutwhatwethinkmustprobablybetruebasedonanalogies,casestudies,priorexperience,statisticalanalyses,simulations,hypotheticals,andfamiliarcircumstancesandpatternsofbehavior. Aslongasthereisthepossibility,howeverremote,thatahighlyprobableconclusionmightbemistaken,thereasoningisinductive.Althoughit doesnotyieldcertainty,inductivereasoningcanprovideasolidbasisforconfidenceinourconclusions.

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Pre-Test

Post-Test

CoreCriticalThinkingSkillsMeasuredbytheCCTST

CriticalThinkingTestsTheCriticalThinkingAssessmentTest(CAT)TheCATinstrument,developedatTennesseeTech,isauniquetooldesignedtoassessandpromotetheimprovementofcriticalthinkingandreal-worldproblemsolvingskills.Theinstrumentistheproductofextensivedevelopment,testing,andrefinementwithabroadrangeofinstitutions,faculty,andstudentsacrossthecountry.TheNationalScienceFoundationhasprovidedsupportformanyoftheseactivities.TheCATinstrumentisdesignedtoassessabroadrangeofskillsthatfacultyacrossthecountryfeelareimportantcomponentsofcriticalthinkingandrealworldproblemsolving.Thetestwasdesignedtobeinterestingandengagingforstudents.Allofthequestionsarederivedfromrealworldsituations.Mostofthequestionsrequireshortansweressayresponses,andadetailedscoringguidehelpsensuregoodscoringreliability.

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CriticalThinkingTestsTheCriticalThinkingAssessmentTest(CAT)

SkillsAssessedbyCATInstrument

EvaluatingInformation

•Separatefactualinformationfrominferences.

•Interpretnumericalrelationshipsingraphs.

•Understandthelimitationsofcorrelationaldata.

•Evaluateevidenceandidentifyinappropriateconclusions.

CreativeThinking

•Identifyalternativeinterpretationsfordataorobservations.

•Identifynewinformationthatmightsupportor

contradictahypothesis.

•Explainhownewinformationcanchangeaproblem.

LearningandProblemSolving

•Separaterelevantfromirrelevantinformation.

•Integrateinformationtosolveproblems.

•Learnandapplynewinformation.

•Usemathematicalskillstosolvereal-worldproblems.

•Communication

•Communicateideaseffectively.

CriticalThinkingTestsResponseInteractingwithpeoplefromacrosscampusInteractionwithcolleaguesandfellowfacultymembers.Thecollegialityandopportunitytoworkwithpeoplefromoutsideofmydiscipline.Theconversationswehadatourtable,bothformalandinformal.InteractingwithotherfacultyfromthisgroupTheinteractionwiththeotherfacultymembersmadethescoringsessionsquiteenjoyable.Thecamaraderieandtheintellectualdiscussions

Thediscussionsatthetableaboutthescoring,etc.Talkingabouthowtoapplytherubricinparticularcaseswas,attimes,eye-opening.

CollegialityamongalltheparticipantsTheopportunitytoexchangeideaswithothercolleagues.Meetingotherfacultyfromotherdepartments.Interactionwithotherlike-mindedCT2faculty.InteractionwithfacultywhilesharingacommongoalThecamaraderieandthequestions.interactionwithfacultyfromvariousdisciplinesEngagingindialoguetoreachconsensuswithcolleagues

Q.WhatdidyoulikemostabouttheCATTestScoringSession?

CriticalThinkingTests

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Assessments:CCTST vs.CAT• CaliforniaCriticalThinkingSkillsTest(CCTST)• 34multiplechoicequestions• 45minutes• Onlineorpaper• Gradedimmediately(online)• Multi-LingualVersions• $10pertest

**Studentsaretestedduringthefirstandfinalweeksofclasses

• CriticalThinkingAssessmentTest(CAT)• Essay:15questions• Onehour• Paperandpencil• Facultygraded• Facultydevelopmentpotential• $9.95pertestand$300annualfee

Assessments:ETS®ProficiencyProfileAstheonlyintegratedtestofgeneraleducationskills,theETSProficiencytestassessesfourcoreskillareas- criticalthinking,reading,writingandmathematics- inasingletestthatthe VoluntarySystemofAccountability(VSA)hasselectedasagaugeofgeneraleducationoutcomes.

ClemsonUniversity usesthe ETSProficiencyProfile testto:• Functionas“bookends”intheCT2 assessmentprocess• measureanddocumentprogrameffectivenesstomeetrequirementsforaccreditationandprogramfunding• assessstudentproficiencyincoreacademicskillareastoidentifystrengths,weaknessesandopportunitiestoimprovecurriculumand

instruction• compareperformanceagainstprogramsatmorethan380institutionsnationwide• conductbenchmarkandtrendanalysestoevaluateprogramimprovementeffortsandoveralllearningoutcomes

ClemsonUniversitybeganinFall2011toadministertheETSProficiencyProfiletoallincomingfreshmen.Thesesamestudentsaretestedwhentheyareseniorsandwewillbeabletolongitudinallytracktheirprogress.Thisprovidesuswithalevelofinsightintothe“value-added” aspectofaClemsoneducationneverpossiblebefore.

Assessments:ETS®ProficiencyProfileETSProficiencyProfileStandardForm

TheStandardformoftheETSProficiencyProfiletestisintendedtoprovideinformationaboutindividualstudentsaswellasgroupsofstudents.Itconsistsof108questions,dividedintotwosectionsof54questionseach.Thetwosectionsmaybeadministeredeitherinasingletwo-hourtestingsessionorintwoseparate,one-hourtestingsessions.TheStandardformincludes:• 27questionstestingcriticalthinkingskills• 27questionstestingreadingskills• 27questionstestingwritingskills• 27questionstestingmathematicsskills

Additionally,studentstakingtheStandardformcanearna CertificateofAchievement basedonhowwelltheyperform.

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Assessments:ETS®ProficiencyProfileETSProficiencyProfileAbbreviatedForm

TheAbbreviatedFormoftheETSProficiencyProfiletestisintendedtoprovideinformationaboutgroupsofatleast30students.Itisadministeredinasingle40-minutetestingsession.TheAbbreviatedFormdoesnotprovideinformationaboutindividualstudents.

TheAbbreviatedformiscreatedbydividingtheStandardFormintothreesmallerformsof36questionseach.ThethreeAbbreviatedFormsarepackagedinalternatingsequence,sothateachversionistakenbyone-thirdofthestudents.The108questionsintheStandardFormareassignedtothethreeAbbreviatedFormstomakeeachofthemaminiatureversionoftheStandardForm.

EachofthethreeAbbreviatedFormsincludes:• Ninequestionsmeasuringcriticalthinkingskills• Ninequestionsmeasuringreadingskills• Ninequestionsmeasuringwritingskills• Ninequestionsmeasuringmathematicsskills

Artifacts• Defined:ar·ti·fact noun \ˈär-ti-ˌfakt\ a: somethingcreatedbyhumansusuallyforapracticalpurpose;especially : anobjectremainingfromaparticularperiod.

• Eachcoursesubmitsatleastonetypeofartifact

• Cansubmitdifferentartifacts

• Manyclasseshaveaspecificassignmentthatwillbe

designatedthecriticalthinkingartifact.

• Randomsamplefromclassisscored

• ScoringisperformedbyCT2 FacultyScholarsusingthe

AAC&UCriticalThinkingrubric

• Examples:• Essay• Project• Critique• Video• PosterPresentation• Portfolio

Artifacts:AAC&UCriticalThinkingVALUERubric

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Artifacts:“VisualEssay”

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