Psychometric properties of Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal for a sample of education majors

Psychological Reports

Volumn 92, Issue 3 II, 2003, Pages 1249-1254

  Gadzella, Bernadette M ^a,b   Baloǧlu, Mustafa ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; THINKING;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; THINKING;

EID: 0642281926     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2003.92.3c.1249     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. BERGER, A. (1985) Review of the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal. In J. V. Mitchell (Ed.), The ninth mental measurements yearbook. Vol. II. Lincoln, NE: The Univer. of Nebraska Press. Pp. 1692-1693.
2. COMMISSION ON THE HUMANITIES. (1980) The humanities in American life, Berkeley, CA: Univer. of California Press.
3. DONOVAN, M., & ALLEN, R. B. (1983) Analytical problems in biology, Minneapolis, MN: Burge.
4. ENNIS, R. H. (1987) A taxonomy of critical thinking dispositions and abilities. In T. B. Baron & R. J. Sternberg (Eds.), Teaching thinking skills: theory and practice. New York: Freeman. Pp. 9-26.
5. GADZELLA, B. M., GINTHER, D. W., & BRYANT, G. W. (1997) Prediction of performance in an academic course by scores on measures of learning style and critical thinking. Psychological Reports, 81, 595-602.
6. GADZELLA, B. M., HARTSOE, K., & HARPER, J. (1989) Critical thinking and mental ability groups. Psychological Reports, 65, 1019-1026.
7. HELMSTADTER, G. C. (1985) Review of the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal. In J. V. Mitchell (Ed.), The ninth mental measurements yearbook. Vol. II Lincoln, NE: The Univer. of Nebraska Press. Pp. 1693-1694.
8. LINDEN, K. (1998) Assessment package for Woolfolk Educational psychology. (7th ed.) Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
9. LOO, R., & THORPE, K. (1999) A psychometric investigation of scores on the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal new forms. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 59, 995-1003.
10. MCMILLAN, J. H. (1987) Enhancing college student critical thinking: a review of studies. Research of Higher Education, 26, 3-29.
11. MCMURRAY, M. A., BEISENBERG, P., & THOMPSON, B. (1991) Reliability and concurrent validity of a measure of critical thinking ability in biology. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 28, 183-191.
12. SCOTT, J. N., & MARKETT, R. J. (1994) Relationship between critical thinking and success in preclinical courses. Academic Medicine: Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 69, 920-924.
13. TABACHNICK, B. C., & FIDELL, L. S. (2001) Using multivariate statistics. (4th ed.) Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
14. WATSON, G., & GLASER, E. (1980a) Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corp.
15. WATSON, G., & GLASER, E. (1980b) Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal manual. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corp.
16. WATSON, G., & GLASER, E. M. (1994) Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal Form S. San Antonio, TX: Harcourt Brace.
17. WILSON, D. G., & WAGNER, E. E. (1981) The Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal as a prediction of performance in a critical thinking course. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 41, 1319-1322.
18. WOOLFOLK, A. (1998) Educational psychology. (7th ed.) Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.