An Experiment in the Development of Critical Thinking

27 per cent ability to think answers arguments B-AR behavior believe bottom 27 capital punishment Columbia University Commins Compos concerning conclusions control classes control group correlation course critical thinking score critical thinking tests difference Education effect errors Evaluation evidence experience experimental and control experimental classes experimental group factors facts given habits high school improvement INITIAL TEST instruction intelligence quotient intelligence tests Interest-Values Inventory John Locke judgment knowledge learning lesson units logical reasoning material MEAN GAINS measure ment methods opinion Otis persons points principles problem-solving problems procedures processes Progressive Education Association Propaganda Analysis Psychology questions Range Mean S. D. reasoning ability Reasoning Test relationship reports resistance to propaganda retest scientific attitude Scientific Method scientific thinking situations skill solution specific statement Table Teachers College teaching tenth grade test scores Tests of Critical think critically thought tion twelfth grade Watson-Glaser Tests York Z-score