%0 Journal Article %1 BUTLER2012112 %A Butler, Heather A. %A Dwyer, Christopher P. %A Hogan, Michael J. %A Franco, Amanda %A Rivas, Silvia F. %A Saiz, Carlos %A Almeida, Leandro S. %D 2012 %J Thinking Skills and Creativity %K Assessment Critical Halpern Real-world Thinking outcomes thinking %N 2 %P 112-121 %R https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2012.04.001 %T The Halpern Critical Thinking Assessment and real-world outcomes: Cross-national applications %U https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871187112000247 %V 7 %X 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.

@article{BUTLER2012112, 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.}, added-at = {2023-07-13T11:45:16.000+0200}, author = {Butler, Heather A. and Dwyer, Christopher P. and Hogan, Michael J. and Franco, Amanda and Rivas, Silvia F. and Saiz, Carlos and Almeida, Leandro S.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/238d6750f25948f4bc59454557aab43d6/yish}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2012.04.001}, interhash = {8647a442dadf20503721bb29cdfee7ce}, intrahash = {38d6750f25948f4bc59454557aab43d6}, issn = {1871-1871}, journal = {Thinking Skills and Creativity}, keywords = {Assessment Critical Halpern Real-world Thinking outcomes thinking}, note = {New Perspectives on Developing and Assessing Thinking: Selected papers from the 15th International Conference on Thinking}, number = 2, pages = {112-121}, timestamp = {2023-07-13T11:45:16.000+0200}, title = {The Halpern Critical Thinking Assessment and real-world outcomes: Cross-national applications}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871187112000247}, volume = 7, year = 2012 }