The Assessment of Critical Thinking Critically Assessed in Higher Education: A Validation Study of the CCTT and the HCTA

Table 12

Students’ preference of one of the instruments (%) (𝑁=132).

Choice	CCTT	HCTA
Most interesting	22.2	77.8
Most difficult	83.9	16.1
Most fascinating	23.5	76.5
Most challenging	37.0	63.0
Most motivating (first time)	27.8	72.2
Most motivating (second time)	27.2	72.8
Best showing my thinking ability	39.2	60.8
Preferred test	25.5	74.5