Benefits of Critical Thinking Skill
Level X includes the following skills: induction, deduction, credibility, identification of assumptions. Level Z includes the skills in Level X induction,
deduction, credibility, identification of assumptions, plus; semantics, definition, prediction in planning experiments.
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3. Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal W-GCTA
The Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal W-GCTA is a psychometric test of critical thinking and reasoning. It was developed by Watson and Glaser. It
measures skills related to problem solving and decision making in a variety question types. The W-GCTA measures the fundamental cognitive ability of
critical thinking. It tests for five critical thinking skills: inference, recognition of assumptions, deduction, interpretation, and evaluation of arguments.
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4. The Ennis-Weir Critical Thinking Essay Test
The test was created by R.H. Ennis and E. Weir from Midwest Publications. It is aimed to measure CT skill at grades 7 through college. It is also intended to be
used as a teaching material. The test Include: getting the point, seeing the reason and assumptions, stating one’s point, offering good reasons, seeing other
possibilities including other possible explanations, and responding to and avoiding equivocation, irrelevance, circularity, reversal of an if-then or other
conditional relationship, overgeneralization, credibility problems, and the use of emotive language to persuade.
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Test instruments that are used to measure critical thinking skills typically require the student to read and evaluate statements that measure various aspects of
thinking ability include investigation, analysis, evaluation and argumentation. From these measures, it is hoped that the quality or the level of the students
critical thinking can be determined.
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R. H. Ennis, Millman, J. Tomko, T. N., Cornell Critical Thinking Tests Level X and Level Z Manual, CA: Midwest Publications, 2008, 3
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ed., p. 3 —10.
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Watson and Glaser, The Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal W-GCTA, London: Pearson Education Ltd., 2012, p. 1-6.
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R. H. Ennis, Suplement to the Test Ennis Critical Thinking Test. Retrieved from: http:faculty.education.illinois.edurhennissupplewmanual1105.htm