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Peer reviewedLandis, Richard E.; Michael, William B. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1981
For 235 ninth-grade students, intercorrelations of Guilford's structure-of-intellect (SOI) tests and of three measures of critical thinking were factor analyzed. The study reveals the viability of using SOI constructs involving cognition and evaluation of semantic content as likely explanatory components of critical thinking. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Convergent Thinking, Correlation, Critical Thinking
Direct linkBataineh, Ruba Fahmi; Zghoul, Lamma Hmoud – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2006
This study investigates the critical thinking skills of 50 students currently enrolled in the Master's TEFL Programme at Yarmouk University, Jordan. The Cornell Critical Thinking Test, Level Z is utilised to test the students' use, or lack thereof, of the critical thinking skills of deduction, semantics, credibility, induction, definition and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Graduate Students
