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California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CCTDI)

The CCTDI (P. A. Facione & N. C. Facione, 1992) was developed, validated, and used to assess students’ disposition toward critical thinking (CT). It consisted of 75 statements, divided into seven subscales: Truth-seeking, Open-mindedness, Analyticity, Systematicity, Self-confidence, Inquisitiveness, and Maturity. Responses were made on a 6-point Likert-type scale. The CCTDI reports a total score, which is the sum of its seven subscales, ranging from 70 to 420. A total score more than 280 indicates a positive overall disposition toward CT. The development and validation process is described in P. A. Facione and N. C. Facione (1992).

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Facione, P. A., Sanchez, C. A., Facione, N. C., & Gainen, J. (1995). The disposition toward critical thinking.  The Journal of General Education ,  44 (1), 1-25.  https://www.jstor.org/stable/27797240

Laird, T. F. N. (2005). College students’ experiences with diversity and their effects on academic self-confidence, social agency, and disposition toward critical thinking.  Research in Higher Education ,  46 (4), 365-387.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-005-2966-1

Ordem, E. (2017). Developing critical-thinking dispositions in a listening/speaking class.  English Language Teaching ,  10 (1), 50-55. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v10n1p50

Unlu, Z. K., & Dokme, I. (2017). Science teacher candidates' epistemological beliefs and critical thinking disposition.  Eurasian Journal of Educational Research ,  72 , 203-220. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/ejer/issue/42492/511913

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Bondy, K. N., Koenigseder, L. A., Ishee, J. H., & Williams, B. G. (2001). Psychometric properties of the California critical thinking tests.  Journal of Nursing Measurement ,  9 (3), 309-328. https://doi.org/10.1891/1061-3749.9.3.309

Facione, N. C., Facione, P. A., & Sanchez, C. A. (1994). Critical thinking disposition as a measure of competent clinical judgment: The development of the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory.  Journal of Nursing Education ,  33 (8), 345-350.  https://doi.org/10.3928/0148-4834-19941001-05

Kakai, H. (2003). Re-examining the factor structure of the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory.  Perceptual and motor skills ,  96 (2), 435-438.  https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.2003.96.2.435

Walsh, C. M. & Hardy, R. C. (1997). Factor structure stability of the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory across sex and various students’ majors.  Perceptual & Motor Skills ,  85 (3), 1211–1228.  https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1997.85.3f.1211

Yeh, M. L. (2002). Assessing the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory.  International Journal of Nursing Studies ,  39 (2), 123-132.  https://doi.org/10.1016/S0020-7489(01)00019-0  

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  1. PDF The Student-Educator Negotiated Critical Thinking Dispositions Scale

    Scoring of sub-scales: Items and their associated sub-scale factor are listed below. Please note: Items followed by (R) are to be reverse coded when generating the subscale score (i.e., 1 ->7, 2 -> 6, 3 -> 5, etc.), such that all subscales scores run in a positive direction, with lower scores indicating lower CT disposition and higher scores indicating higher CT disposition.

  2. PDF California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory

    weakness in the disposition toward Critical Thinking. An overall score of 350 or more is a general indication of across the board strength in the disposition toward Critical Thinking. Factor scores range from a low of 10 to a high of 60 (Insight Assessment, 2006). Scale scores ranging from 30-10 indicate an increasingly negative

  3. Critical Thinking Dispositions Scale

    The Critical Thinking Dispositions Scale (CTDS; Sosu, 2013) was developed to assess dimensions of critical thinking. Across 2 studies using samples of undergraduate and graduate students, item development processes, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, an 11-item measure was produced 2 factors: Critical Openness (7 items) and Reflective Scepticism (4 items). Items were rated using ...

  4. (PDF) The Disposition Toward Critical Thinking: Its Character

    CT disposition can be evaluated through surveys such as the California Critical Thinking Dispositions Inventory (CCTDI), which assesses how students feel when they approach the seven qualities as ...

  5. PDF The Investigation of Critical Thinking Disposition among Kasetsart ...

    Little are known of approval on assessing critical thinking dispositions, and only . few. instruments are designed. for measuring critical thinking dispositions. One of the most widely acknowledged critical thinking disposition scales is the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CCTDI) developed by Facione and Facione (1992).

  6. The development and psychometric validation of a Critical Thinking

    Highlights A Critical Thinking Disposition Scale (CTDS) was developed. Psychometric properties of the scale were tested. Two dimensions - Critical Openness and Reflective Scepticism - were identified. There was confirmatory support for the two-factor model in two different samples. Psychometric properties show the CTDS is a valid and reliable instrument.

  7. PDF Critical Thinking Dispositions and Attitudes

    CRITICAL THINKING DISPOSITIONS AND ATTITUDES SCALE: Choose a number from 0 (NEVER) to 10 (ALWAYS) When I have the opportunity to act in the following ways, how often do I actually act in the following ways? 1. Listen carefully to an other person's point of view or ideas_____ 2.

  8. (PDF) Critical Thinking Disposition as a Measure of Competent Clinical

    Some instruments to measure critical thinking have been designed over the years, for example, the Critical Thinking Disposition Scale by Sosu (2013) and the California Critical Thinking ...

  9. The development and psychometric validation of a Critical Thinking

    This scale was originally developed by Sosu (2013) to determine the critical thinking disposition of high-potential learners. It consists of 11 items that are rated from 1 to 5 which represent ...

  10. PDF Development and validation of the critical thinking disposition

    differences in critical thinking disposition, which is de-fined as the tendency or attitude to utilize a particular skill voluntarily and the willingness to make the effort to apply it [6], or, simply put, the attitude towards critical thinking. Dispositions towards critical thinking are vital to critical-thinking performance [7] and professional

  11. Development and validation of Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory

    critical thinking dispositions was identified, emphasizing the importance of applying specialized ... (Papp et al., 2014), thus self-confidence is particularly important to CT dispositions. The maturity scale targets the disposition to be judicious in one's decision-making, and thus require self-reflection ...

  12. PDF The Reliability and Construct Validity of The Critical Thinking

    The Critical Thinking Disposition Scale guided by the literature of ways of knowing concept was applied for the first time in Thailand in 2013 on the study conducted by Poondej, Koul, and Sujivorakul but still needed to be validated. The purpose of the present study was to expand on

  13. PDF The Disposition Toward Critical Thinking1

    In addition to the significance of this work for psychological studies of human development, empirical research on the disposition toward CT promises important implications for all levels of education. 1 This essay appeared as Facione, PA, Sánchez, (Giancarlo) CA, Facione, NC & Gainen, J., (1995). The disposition toward critical thinking.

  14. PDF International Journal of Instruction

    A recently developed questionnaire by Sosu (2013) is the 11 question 'Critical Thinking Disposition Scale' (CTDS). Items for the scale were generated by Sosu (2013) using taxonomies of important thinking dispositions discussed in various literature. To ensure a comprehensive coverage of key dispositions, Sosu (2013) generated an initial pool of

  15. PDF Social Emotional Learning and Critical Thinking Disposition

    Critical Thinking Disposition Scale (CTDS). CDTS uses a five-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree). This scale has two factors: reflective skepti-cism (seven items) and critical openness (four items). CTDS (Sosu, 2013) was developed to measure students' disposition to critical thinking. Psychometric assessment was con-

  16. California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CCTDI)

    The CCTDI (P. A. Facione & N. C. Facione, 1992) was developed, validated, and used to assess students' disposition toward critical thinking (CT). It consisted of 75 statements, divided into seven subscales: Truth-seeking, Open-mindedness, Analyticity, Systematicity, Self-confidence, Inquisitiveness, and Maturity. Responses were made on a 6-point Likert-type scale.

  17. PDF Examining Critical Thinking Disposition of Science High School Students

    The UF/EMI Critical Thinking Disposition Scale was used to collect data. Within the scope of the research, the cronbach-alpha internal consistency coefficient was calculated as 0.94. As a result of the research, it was determined that there was no statistically significant difference in the critical thinking dispositions of the

  18. (PDF) Critical Thinking Questionnaire (CThQ) -construction and

    In its final version, the test consists of 25 items, the results of which allow assessing critical thinking in 6 scales: remembering, understanding, applying, analysing, evaluating, and creating.

  19. AEC547/WC209: Integrating Critical Thinking into Extension ...

    The instrument assigned each participant an overall critical thinking disposition score, ranging from 26-130, with a high score signifying a high disposition for critical thinking and a low score signifying a low disposition for critical thinking. Between 2003 and 2008 the UF/EMI was tested on a variety of populations and settings.

  20. An Adaptation Study of Critical Thinking Disposition Scale.

    The purpose of this research was to adapted the scale for Critical Thinking Disposition (EMI) which was developed by Ricketss and Rudd (2005) into Turkish. 1264 first grade high school students in ...