PrintMeasured Reasons LLC is an organization that specializes in “assessing reasoning, thinking strategically, and educating for critical thinking.” The following activity was adapted from their Critical Thinking Mindset Self-Rating Form. Reflect on your thinking over the last two days and answer the following questions. If you have described yourself honestly, this self-rating form can offer a rough estimate of what you think your overall disposition toward critical thinking has been in the past two days.
Reflection Opportunity 3
Please complete the following self-rating form.
If your total is 14 ("correct" answers) or above, you are rating your disposition toward critical thinking over the past two days as generally positive. Scores of 10 or lower indicate a self-rating that is averse or hostile toward critical thinking over the past two days. Scores between 10 and 14 show that you would rate yourself as displaying an ambivalent or mixed overall disposition toward critical thinking over the past two days.
Interpret results on this tool cautiously. At best this tool offers only a rough approximation with regard to a brief moment in time. Other tools are more refined, such as the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory, which gives results for each of the seven critical thinking habits of mind.
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