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Download full textBlai, Boris, Jr. – 1992
This paper examines ways in which the teaching of critical thinking skills at the college level have been evaluated. It is noted that two problems exist in using validated tests for critical thinking: (1) intelligence tests do not address critical thinking in specific courses or fields of knowledge; and (2) validated tests are not designed to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, College Students, Critical Thinking
Peer reviewedvon Mayrhauser, Richard T. – American Psychologist, 1992
Examines accuracy evaluation in published testing programs of the following: J. M. Cattell; C. Spearman; A. Binet; L. M. Terman; R. M. Yerkes; E. L. Thorndike; and W. D. Scott. Developing community and consensus on testing required convergence between theorists and practitioners. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Tests, Educational History, Educational Testing
Tomko, Thomas N.; Ennis, Robert H. – 1979
A discussion of evaluating informal logic competence centers on the identification of currently available tests and on a description of test theory, to aid in test selection. The following concepts in test theory are discussed: norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests, true scores, reliability, validity, test selection and evaluation, test…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Critical Thinking, Educational Testing
