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

Table 8

Content validity: match between the used definition of CT and the elements measured in the two tests.

Aspects of CT	HCTA	CCTT
Skills
Purposeful, self-regulatory judgment	All	All
Interpretation	Verbal reasoning	VI Identification of definitions and assumptions; VII Identification of assumptions
Analysis	Argument analysis; + situation 1 and 2	I Deduction
Evaluation	Verbal reasoning	II Meaning and fallacies
Inference	Argument analysis; + situation 1 and 2	I Deduction
Explanation of evidential and conceptual considerations	Verbal reasoning	VI Identification of definitions and assumptions; VII Identification of assumptions
Explanation of methodological considerations	Hypothesis testing; Likelihood and uncertainty	III Observation and credibility of sources; IV Induction (hypothesis testing); V Induction (planning experiments)
Explanation of criteriological considerations	Decision making and problem solving; Likelihood and uncertainty	II Meaning and fallacies
Explanation of contextual considerations	Decision making and problem solving; Likelihood and uncertainty	IV Induction (hypothesis testing); V Induction (planning experiments)
Disposition
The ideal critical thinker	Constructed-response items	/