The Halpern Critical Thinking Assessment and real-world outcomes: Cross-national applications |
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Authors: | Heather A Butler Christopher P Dwyer Michael J Hogan Amanda Franco Silvia F Rivas Carlos Saiz Leandro S Almeida |
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Institution: | 1. School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, United States;2. National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland;3. University of Minho, Portugal;4. University of Salamanca, Spain;1. Research Assistant, Sakarya University, Sakarya 54300, Turkey;2. Lecturer,Gazi University, Ankara 06500, Turkey;1. Department of Education Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong;2. Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong;1. College of Nursing Science, East-West Nursing Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea;2. Department of Biobehavioral Health Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA |
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Abstract: | The Halpern Critical Thinking Assessment (HCTA) is a reliable measure of critical thinking that has been validated with numerous qualitatively different samples and measures of academic success (Halpern, 2010a). This paper presents several cross-national applications of the assessment, and recent work to expand the validation of the HCTA with real-world outcomes of critical thinking (e.g., contracting a sexual transmitted infection because you did not wear a condom). The real-world outcomes (RWO) inventory measures behavior in a wide range of domains, such as education, health, finance, and interpersonal relationships. Study 1 examined whether scores on the HCTA predicted real-world outcomes in three qualitatively different samples in the United States. Study 2 used the HCTA to assess the effectiveness of an online critical thinking course, and whether the HCTA predicted real-world outcomes in Ireland. Study 3 describes preliminary research involving the translation quality of the RWO (into Spanish and Portuguese) and explored differences in behaviors in the two countries. Overall, the HCTA is a useful tool for assessing critical thinking and predicts real-world outcomes of critical thinking. Cross-national implications and applications are discussed. |
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