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Measuring Student Success Skills: A Review of the Literature on Critical Thinking. 21st Century Success Skills
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Evans, Carla – National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, 2020
There is a growing interest in conceptualizing, defining, and assessing what are often called 21st century skills or deeper learning competencies. The purpose of this literature review is to explore the conceptualizations, definitions, and understandings in the research literature related to critical thinking. Key initial questions include: What…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, 21st Century Skills, Skill Development, Definitions
Utilizing ATI® Critical Thinking Assessment Scores to Predict First Semester Success in an Associate Degree in Nursing Program
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Belim, Stephanie L. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The selection for the best candidates for the nursing profession from a large group of applicants into a small number of program openings for associate degree nursing programs poses a critical task for nursing administration and faculty. Admission criteria vary throughout nursing programs. The selection criteria need to target students that will…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Two Year College Students, Critical Thinking, Cognitive Tests
A Response to Some Questions Raised About the Woodcock-Johnson: II. Efficacy of the Aptitude Clusters.
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Woodcock, Richard W. – School Psychology Review, 1984
Specific aptitude clusters from the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery (WJPEB) are examined to determine their effectiveness in evaluating aptitude-achievement discrepancies. Advantages of the Scholastic Aptitude clusters over the Broad Cognitive Ability clusters are outlined. Major types of discrepancies, rationale, and research on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Cluster Grouping, Cognitive Ability
Non-Verbal Tests in Schools. SET Research Information for Teachers. Item 7. Number 2.
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Croft, Cedric – 1982
Non-verbal tests are paper-and-pencil tests that are designed to measure cognitive processes that do not involve verbal language. Such tests use shapes, patterns, diagrams, and sequences to measure general intellectual skills of a non-verbal nature. The use of such tests in schools is described. Performance tests using concrete apparatus are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Tests, Culture Fair Tests
The Predictive Validity of an Attitudes-to-School Scale in Relation to Children's Academic Achievement.
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Marjoribanks, Kevin – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1992
Predictive validities of scales developed to measure children's affective and cognitive attitudes toward school were examined in relation to the academic achievement of 430 female and 450 male 11-year-old Australians. Results suggest that these scales may be useful short-form measures of children's attitudes toward school. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Measures, Cognitive Tests, Educational Attitudes
Norwalk System-Wide Testing Results, Spring 1987.
Norwalk Board of Education, CT. – 1987
This report is designed to provide the Norwalk (Connecticut) Board of Education and the entire school community with the status of the school system testing program for the spring of 1987. From May 6 through May 15, the system administered the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBSs) and the Test of Cognitive Skills (TCS) to 5,113 students in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students