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University-Level Assessment of Critical Thinking

University-Level Assessment of Critical Thinking. Critical Thinking Workshop, May 2010. Standardized Tests. California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST). Measure of Academic Proficiency and Progress (MAPP). Summer 2009 Freshmen Random Sample – 60% 848 with 824 completing at least 75%

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University-Level Assessment of Critical Thinking

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  1. University-Level Assessment of Critical Thinking Critical Thinking Workshop, May 2010

  2. Standardized Tests California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST) Measure of Academic Proficiency and Progress (MAPP) Summer 2009 Freshmen Random Sample – 60% 848 with 824 completing at least 75% Voluntary System of Accountability Requirement Reading I, Reading II, Critical Thinking (Reading III) • Summer 2008 Freshmen • Non- College of Business, Management and Economics • 961 • “Process of purposeful, self-regulatory judgment” • Analysis, Evaluation and Inference = Total • Deductive and Inductive = Total

  3. California Critical Thinking Skills Test

  4. MAPP

  5. Reading Level III (Critical Thinking) Students who are proficient can: • evaluate competing causal explanations • evaluate hypotheses for consistency with known facts • determine the relevance of information for evaluating an argument or conclusion • determine whether an artistic interpretation is supported by evidence contained in a work • recognize the salient features or themes in a work of art • evaluate the appropriateness of procedures for investigating a question of causation • evaluate data for consistency with known facts, hypotheses or methods • recognize flaws and inconsistencies in an argument

  6. Measure of Academic Proficiency and Progress

  7. Next Steps Reading Assessments Senior MAPP Results Summer Freshmen 2010 and Senior Fall 2010 • University Assessment Committee Reading Task Group

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