Validating the Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal

Higher Education

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 361-383

  Hassan, Karma El ^a   Madhum, Ghida ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Test validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347207576     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-006-9002-z     Document Type: Article

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