Critical Thinking – a definition and taxonomy for Cambridge Assessment: supporting validity arguments about Critical Thinking assessments administered by Cambridge Assessment. Critical Thinking – a definition and taxonomy for Cambridge Assessment: supporting validity arguments about Critical Thinking assessments administered by Cambridge Assessment. Paper presented at 34th International Association of Educational Assessment Annual Conference, 9thSeptember 2008, Cambridge. Beth continue...

Introducing a new subject and its assessment in schools: the challenges of introducing Critical Thinking AS/A level in the UK In the UK, there has been the (optional) provision of national assessment at AS/A level in Critical Thinking (CT) since 2001.  While many commentators note the importance of Critical Thinking in the curriculum (e.g. Yang & Chung 2009; Black and Gill, in prep; Baumfield et al, 1998; Abrami et al 2008), and its uptake has been popular – candidate numbers have continue...

“The Wason Card Problem” and its role in teaching critical thinking skills. Four cards are presented: A, B, 4, and 7. There is a letter on one side of each card and a number on the other side. Which card(s) must you turn over to determine whether the following statement is false? “If a card has a vowel on one side, then it has an even number on the other side.” http://www.skepdic.com/refuge/ctlessons/lesson3.html Robert T. Carroll continue...

No single test measures every aspect of critical thinking. In fact, even with all of the tests combined, all critical thinking skills are not assessed. Although in comparison to the Jones et al. definition, a comprehensive test is not available, many tests are still adequate measures of some critical thinking skills. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. The NPEC Sourcebook on Assessment, Volume 1: Definitions and Assessment Methods for Critical Thinking, continue...

There are different types of thinking (critical, caring, creative, economic, etc) continue...