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    Development of the critical thinking toolkit (CriTT): A measure of student attitudes and beliefs about critical thinking

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    Stupple, Edward J. N. cc
    Maratos, Frances A. cc
    Elander, James cc
    Hunt, Thomas E. cc
    Cheung, Kevin Yet Fong cc
    Aubeeluck, Aimee
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    University of Derby
    Issue Date
    2016-11-24
    
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    Critical thinking is an important focus in higher education and is essential for good academic achievement. We report the development of a tool to measure critical thinking for three purposes: (i) to evaluate student perceptions and attitudes about critical thinking, (ii) to identify students in need of support to develop their critical thinking, and (iii) to predict academic performance. Seventy-seven items were generated from focus groups, interviews and the critical thinking literature. Data were collected from 133 psychology students. Factor Analysis revealed three latent factors based on a reduced set of 27 items. These factors were characterised as: Confidence in Critical Thinking; Valuing Critical Thinking; and Misconceptions. Reliability analysis demonstrated that the sub-scales were reliable. Convergent validity with measures of grade point average and argumentation skill was shown, with significant correlations between subscales and validation measures. Most notably, in multiple regression analysis, the three sub-scales from the new questionnaire substantially increased the variance in grade point average accounted for by measures of reflective thinking and argumentation. To sum, the resultant scale offers a measure that is simple to administer, can be used as a diagnostic tool to identify students who need support in developing their critical thinking skills, and can also predict academic performance.
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    Stupple, E. J., Maratos, F. A., Elander, J., Hunt, T. E., Cheung, K. Y., & Aubeeluck, A. V. (2017). Development of the Critical Thinking Toolkit (CriTT): A measure of student attitudes and beliefs about critical thinking. Thinking Skills and Creativity. 23 : pp. 91-100. DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2016.11.007
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    Elsevier
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    Thinking Skills and Creativity
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10545/621117
    DOI
    10.1016/j.tsc.2016.11.007
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    http://www.journals.elsevier.com/thinking-skills-and-creativity
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871187116302000
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    en
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    1871-1871
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1016/j.tsc.2016.11.007
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