This document discusses the internal structure of critical thinking dispositions. It begins by explaining that critical thinking involves both cognitive skills and dispositions. While skills represent the cognitive component, dispositions are more complex and involve both motivational and attitudinal/mental habit factors. The document then presents the hypothesis that dispositions have a "motivational genesis," such that motivation contributes more to critical thinking performance initially, while mental habits/attitudes contribute more after practice. A study was conducted with university students to test this hypothesis by examining how the motivational and attitudinal factors predicted critical thinking skills before and after a critical thinking course. The results supported the hypothesis by showing motivation was a better predictor pre-course, while mental habits/
1) Critical thinking has been defined in many ways but generally refers to actively and skillfully analyzing, applying, evaluating, and synthesizing information to guide beliefs and actions.
2) Early definitions focused on reflection and suspension of judgment, but modern definitions emphasize both cognitive skills and affective dispositions.
3) The ability to think critically depends on cognitive development as well as emotional maturity and is influenced by personal experiences and social contexts. There is no universal agreement on how to define or teach critical thinking.
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Critical thinking, though variously defined, refers to good thinking and is connected with rationality and the appeal to reason. Many theorists view critical thinking as central to the aims of education, and it has become the focus for an educational reform movement accompanied by curricular and pedagogical innovations and the development of teaching materials and evaluation procedures. Considerable philosophical debate has centered on how critical thinking should be conceptualized, and discussions regarding critical thinking raise and connect with fundamental issues regarding the nature and aims of education and the nature of rationality.
Philosophers of education have traditionally viewed the fostering of good thinking as an aim of education, and the views of John Dewey, John Passmore, and Israel Scheffler are precursors to contemporary work on critical thinking. Contemporary interest in and debate about critical thinking was initiated largely by the work of Robert Ennis, in particular “A Concept of Critical Thinking” (1962), in which he put forward a detailed conception of critical thinking.
Theorists working in the field of informal logic also contributed significantly to the development of critical thinking theory and practice. The approach that they have taken to critical thinking centers on argumentation. A recognition of the limitations of formal deductive logic has prompted them to focus on the interpretation, evaluation, and construction of arguments in natural language.
The issue of how critical thinking should be conceptualized is a primary philosophical issue in this area. Although a variety of definitions and conceptualizations have been proposed, there are some common features that distinguish philosophical conceptions from more psychologically inspired accounts. All the main philosophical conceptions of critical thinking have as a central concept the idea of good reasons; they are, thus, explicitly normative. Psychological views, on the other hand, focus on the processes or mental operations involved in thinking. These views have been criticized by philosophers on a number of grounds. First, it is impossible to determine what mental operations correlate with particular cases of good thinking. Second, any particular operation can be performed critically or uncritically. What determines whether thinking is critical is the quality of the reasoning and not whether particular mental operations have been performed. All the main philosophical accounts of critical thinking depend, thus, on the concept of reason, and focus on the norms and standards of good thin.
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This document provides guidance for a graduate-level paper on security system design. It specifies that the paper should have an outline with headers and 1-sentence paragraphs. The paper must be in APA format with sources no more than 5 years old from varied sources, excluding Wikipedia. All references must have in-text citations. The topic is to discuss elements of a security system design and provide practical examples.
This document discusses relationships between critical and creative thinking. It begins by defining key differences between the two constructs, noting that critical thinking is convergent while creative thinking is divergent. The document then reviews theoretical frameworks and definitions for both critical and creative thinking. It discusses factors that influence each type of thinking such as personality traits, learning environment, knowledge, and motivation. The purpose is to explore relationships between measures of creative thinking abilities and critical disposition. The study utilized two instruments to collect data from college students on these constructs.
This document discusses critical thinking and its relationship to critical reflection. It provides 6 definitions of critical thinking from various scholars that view it as a cognitive ability, a set of processes and skills, a communicative activity, and as developing one's stance towards knowledge. The document also discusses how critical thinking relates to writing, pedagogy, and critical reflection using reflective frameworks. Critical thinking involves identifying and challenging assumptions, considering alternatives, and making judgements.
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The relationship between creativity and logical thinking, particularly critical thinking, has been a matter of debate so far. The present study tries to observe whether a significant relationship exists between the two concepts. To this end, the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) was administered to 23 Iranian ESP teachers in order to have an understanding of their level of creativity. Then, a test which is aimed at making participants use their critical thinking ability was given to the teachers. This test was selected from the PhD entrance exam in Iran, typically known as the Logical Tests of GMAT. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used in order to identify whether a significant relationship exists between the two variables. Findings indicated that although there has been a direct relationship between creativity and critical thinking, it is not significant to a high degree. In this case, teachers who have been measured to be more creative could achieve a better score in GMAT test. With regard to the current results, the methods which tend to help the teachers to act more creatively are recommended to the ESP teachers in order to help them perform more critically in the desired situations.
Proposal Submitted to John Dewey Academy in Great Barrington, MAJonathan Dunnemann
This document proposes establishing the John Dewey Academy pilot study group and outlines dimensions of learning based on John Dewey's theories of education. It discusses five dimensions: 1) fostering positive attitudes about learning, 2) acquiring and integrating knowledge, 3) extending and refining knowledge through thinking, 4) using knowledge in meaningful tasks, and 5) developing habits of mind. The document provides background on Dewey's views of reflective thinking and explains how the dimensions parallel his concepts.
Double Loop Learning involves questioning underlying assumptions and values to address complex problems. It examines how an individual's espoused theories differ from their actual behavior, and aims to align the two through feedback and self-reflection. The process involves discovering inconsistencies, inventing new understandings, testing new actions, and generalizing the results. Double Loop Learning then applies this process to itself to drive organizational learning and improve decision making.
1) Critical thinking has been defined in many ways but generally refers to actively and skillfully analyzing, applying, evaluating, and synthesizing information to guide beliefs and actions.
2) Early definitions focused on reflection and suspension of judgment, but modern definitions emphasize both cognitive skills and affective dispositions.
3) The ability to think critically depends on cognitive development as well as emotional maturity and is influenced by personal experiences and social contexts. There is no universal agreement on how to define or teach critical thinking.
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Critical thinking, though variously defined, refers to good thinking and is connected with rationality and the appeal to reason. Many theorists view critical thinking as central to the aims of education, and it has become the focus for an educational reform movement accompanied by curricular and pedagogical innovations and the development of teaching materials and evaluation procedures. Considerable philosophical debate has centered on how critical thinking should be conceptualized, and discussions regarding critical thinking raise and connect with fundamental issues regarding the nature and aims of education and the nature of rationality.
Philosophers of education have traditionally viewed the fostering of good thinking as an aim of education, and the views of John Dewey, John Passmore, and Israel Scheffler are precursors to contemporary work on critical thinking. Contemporary interest in and debate about critical thinking was initiated largely by the work of Robert Ennis, in particular “A Concept of Critical Thinking” (1962), in which he put forward a detailed conception of critical thinking.
Theorists working in the field of informal logic also contributed significantly to the development of critical thinking theory and practice. The approach that they have taken to critical thinking centers on argumentation. A recognition of the limitations of formal deductive logic has prompted them to focus on the interpretation, evaluation, and construction of arguments in natural language.
The issue of how critical thinking should be conceptualized is a primary philosophical issue in this area. Although a variety of definitions and conceptualizations have been proposed, there are some common features that distinguish philosophical conceptions from more psychologically inspired accounts. All the main philosophical conceptions of critical thinking have as a central concept the idea of good reasons; they are, thus, explicitly normative. Psychological views, on the other hand, focus on the processes or mental operations involved in thinking. These views have been criticized by philosophers on a number of grounds. First, it is impossible to determine what mental operations correlate with particular cases of good thinking. Second, any particular operation can be performed critically or uncritically. What determines whether thinking is critical is the quality of the reasoning and not whether particular mental operations have been performed. All the main philosophical accounts of critical thinking depend, thus, on the concept of reason, and focus on the norms and standards of good thin.
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This document provides guidance for a graduate-level paper on security system design. It specifies that the paper should have an outline with headers and 1-sentence paragraphs. The paper must be in APA format with sources no more than 5 years old from varied sources, excluding Wikipedia. All references must have in-text citations. The topic is to discuss elements of a security system design and provide practical examples.
This document discusses relationships between critical and creative thinking. It begins by defining key differences between the two constructs, noting that critical thinking is convergent while creative thinking is divergent. The document then reviews theoretical frameworks and definitions for both critical and creative thinking. It discusses factors that influence each type of thinking such as personality traits, learning environment, knowledge, and motivation. The purpose is to explore relationships between measures of creative thinking abilities and critical disposition. The study utilized two instruments to collect data from college students on these constructs.
This document discusses critical thinking and its relationship to critical reflection. It provides 6 definitions of critical thinking from various scholars that view it as a cognitive ability, a set of processes and skills, a communicative activity, and as developing one's stance towards knowledge. The document also discusses how critical thinking relates to writing, pedagogy, and critical reflection using reflective frameworks. Critical thinking involves identifying and challenging assumptions, considering alternatives, and making judgements.
The relationship between creativity and logical thinking: A case of Iranian E...Premier Publishers
The relationship between creativity and logical thinking, particularly critical thinking, has been a matter of debate so far. The present study tries to observe whether a significant relationship exists between the two concepts. To this end, the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) was administered to 23 Iranian ESP teachers in order to have an understanding of their level of creativity. Then, a test which is aimed at making participants use their critical thinking ability was given to the teachers. This test was selected from the PhD entrance exam in Iran, typically known as the Logical Tests of GMAT. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used in order to identify whether a significant relationship exists between the two variables. Findings indicated that although there has been a direct relationship between creativity and critical thinking, it is not significant to a high degree. In this case, teachers who have been measured to be more creative could achieve a better score in GMAT test. With regard to the current results, the methods which tend to help the teachers to act more creatively are recommended to the ESP teachers in order to help them perform more critically in the desired situations.
Proposal Submitted to John Dewey Academy in Great Barrington, MAJonathan Dunnemann
This document proposes establishing the John Dewey Academy pilot study group and outlines dimensions of learning based on John Dewey's theories of education. It discusses five dimensions: 1) fostering positive attitudes about learning, 2) acquiring and integrating knowledge, 3) extending and refining knowledge through thinking, 4) using knowledge in meaningful tasks, and 5) developing habits of mind. The document provides background on Dewey's views of reflective thinking and explains how the dimensions parallel his concepts.
Double Loop Learning involves questioning underlying assumptions and values to address complex problems. It examines how an individual's espoused theories differ from their actual behavior, and aims to align the two through feedback and self-reflection. The process involves discovering inconsistencies, inventing new understandings, testing new actions, and generalizing the results. Double Loop Learning then applies this process to itself to drive organizational learning and improve decision making.
Biological Roots of Moral Development AssignmentOVERVIEWChantellPantoja184
Biological Roots of Moral
Development Assignment
OVERVIEW
You will summarize the assigned readings and devise a lesson plan in the context of higher
education. Teaching skills are essential in academia. Reading for comprehension is one thing,
and reading for the purpose of teaching is another. You will be given opportunities to read for the
purpose of teaching in the context of higher education while thinking about and devising plans
for how to deliver of the content of the readings.
INSTRUCTIONS
Details:
Read
Chapter 19-22
1. While completing the assigned readings for the Module: Week, think about which topic
to cover in your lecture for college students. State your topic and come up 3-4 objectives.
The first heading in the paper should be “Topic and Objectives.” When listing objectives,
start with “After this lecture, students will be able to…”
2. The second heading should be “Summary of the Lecture Content.” Citing the assigned
readings (with pages as necessary), summarize the content to be delivered in class. Your
summary should be at least 2 pages, double-spaced. Do not go over 3 pages. The goal is
not to discuss all of the details to be discussed in class but to summarize the lecture
content noting the most important concepts in a coherent manner (showing their
connections to the overall topic and objectives).
3. Provide a 2-page, double-spaced, lesson plan for an hour-long lecture on the chosen
topic. You can be creative here, but provide an outline of the lecture followed by concrete
in-class activity/discussion ideas.
Further instructions:
1. This assignment is for your future teaching opportunities, so think concretely about your
teaching context as a doctoral-level instructor and make it as useful for you as possible.
2. Use current APA format with appropriate citations and headings as well as a reference
page, but do not include the title and abstract.
Please see the Summary and Lesson Plan page under the Summary and Lesson Plan
Resources for a link to Bloom’s Taxonomy information to consider as your write your
objectives.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
Ch .19 The Neurobiological Bases of Empathic Concern for Others
There has been a remarkable increase in theory and research on the neurobiological foundations
of empathy, sympathy, compassion, prosocial behavior, and altruism in recent years.
In this chapter, we examine how empathic concern for others is connected to genetic,
neurophysiological, hormonal, and autonomic physiological functioning. Neurobiological
researchers take various positions on the extent to which empathy and related constructs
are reflective of morality, precursors to morality, or fundamental building blocks of morality.
Our position conforms to the latter view: Empathy is a primary motivational force
for caring behaviors toward others in need (de Waal, 2008). As a basic, essential element ...
This document provides an introduction to the concepts of spiritual intelligence and spiritual leader development. It begins by discussing the growing interest that companies have in integrating spirituality into their management and leadership strategies. It then reviews definitions of intelligence and discusses emotional intelligence as a recognized form of intelligence. The document proposes that spiritual intelligence is also a distinct form of intelligence and reviews different perspectives on defining spiritual intelligence. The main objectives are to argue that a theory of spiritual intelligence requires understanding different levels of being, and to explore how this can inform models of spiritual leader development.
Spiritual Intelligence: The ability to behave with wisdom and compassion, while maintaining inner and outer peace regardless of the situation.
Spiritual Intelligence must show up in our actions an our behaviors.
Common misconceptions of critical thinkingSHARON BAILIN, R.docxclarebernice
Common misconceptions of critical thinking
SHARON BAILIN, ROLAND CASE,
JERROLD R. COOMBS and LEROI B. DANIELS
In this paper, the ®rst of two, we analyse three widely-held conceptions of critical
thinking: as one or more skills, as mental processes, and as sets of procedures. Each
view is, we contend, wrong-headed, misleading or, at best, unhelpful. Some who write
about critical thinking seem to muddle all three views in an unenlightening meÂlange.
Apart from the errors or inadequacies of the conceptions themselves, they promote or
abet misconceived practices for teaching critical thinking. Together, they have led to
the view that critical thinking is best taught by practising it. We oÄer alternative
proposals for the teaching of critical thinking.
Critical thinking is a subject of considerable current interest, both in terms
of theory and pedagogy. A great deal is written about critical thinking,
conferences on the subject abound, and educational initiatives aimed at
fostering critical thinking proliferate.1 It is our view that much of the
theoretical work and many of the pedagogical endeavours in this area are
misdirected because they are based on faulty conceptions of critical think-
ing. Critical thinking is frequently conceptualized in terms of skills, pro-
cesses, procedures and practice. Much of the educational literature either
refers to cognitive or thinking skills or equates critical thinking with certain
mental processes or procedural moves that can be improved through
practice. In this paper we attempt to explain the misconceptions inherent
in such ways of conceptualizing critical thinking. It is important to note
that much of the literature contains a pervasive miasma of overlapping uses
of such terms as skill, process, procedure, behaviour, mental operations,
j. curriculum studies
, 1999, vol. 31, no. 3, 269±283
S haron Bailin, a professor in the Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby,
British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6, is interested in philosophical inquiries into critical
thinking, creativity and aesthetic education. Her publications include Reason and V alues:
New Essays in Philosophy of Education (Calgary, AB: Detselig, 1993), co-edited with John P.
Portelli.
Roland Case, an associate professor in the Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University,
conducts research in social studies and legal and global education. His most recent book is
The Canadian Anthology of Social S tudies: Issues and S trategies (Burnaby, BC: Faculty of
Education, Simon Fraser University), co-edited with Penney Clark.
Jerrold R. Coombs, a professor in the Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia,
has published extensively on ethical issues in education and the development of competence
in practical reasoning. His publications include Applied Ethics: A Reader (Oxford: Black-
well, 1993), co-edited with Earl R. Winkler.
L eRoi B. Daniels, a professor emeritus in the Faculty of Education, University of British
Columbia, is ...
Critical Thinking is a great ability that bosses, managers, leaders and entrepreneurs must posses. Lets look at how important it is and how it can be nurtured
An Overview Of Critical Thinking In Nursing And EducationJoaquin Hamad
This document provides an overview of critical thinking in nursing and education. It defines critical thinking as purposeful, self-regulated judgment involving interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and inference. Critical thinking is an important skill for nurses to have in order to make sound clinical judgments and manage complex healthcare systems. It allows nurses to effectively solve problems, make ethical decisions, prioritize care, and make clinical decisions. Developing critical thinking is important in nursing education programs through teaching strategies that improve students' abilities to think critically, learn, gain knowledge, and address issues in patient care.
Critical thinking developed as an educational ideal over time through the works of Dewey, Glaser, Ennis, and Fisher and Scriven. It involves skills like analyzing arguments and evaluating evidence as well as attitudes like open-mindedness. Proponents argue it should be taught to help students manage their lives by thoughtfully considering beliefs and decisions. Schools can approach this ideal through standalone courses or integrating it into other subjects, though domain knowledge is also needed. Course design principles include clarifying goals, providing practice and feedback, and using relevant examples.
The document discusses Bloom's Taxonomy, which categorizes learning objectives into cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains. It provides details on each domain, including the original and revised cognitive taxonomies by Bloom and Anderson/Krathwohl. The cognitive domain involves recall, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. The affective domain deals with attitudes and incorporates values. The psychomotor domain refers to physical skills and movements.
The document discusses Bloom's Taxonomy, which categorizes learning objectives into cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains. It provides details on each domain, including the original and revised cognitive taxonomies by Bloom and Anderson/Krathwohl. The cognitive domain involves recall, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. The affective domain deals with attitudes and incorporates values. The psychomotor domain refers to physical skills and movements.
A Model Of Critical Thinking In Higher EducationKristen Carter
This document provides an overview and analysis of critical thinking in higher education. It discusses how critical thinking can mean different things, from developing reasoning skills to promoting social change. The author aims to develop a holistic model of critical thinking that incorporates both its individual dimension (skills, judgments, dispositions) and socio-cultural dimension (how it relates to issues like critical pedagogy and citizenship). Traditional philosophical models of critical thinking focus mainly on individual reasoning abilities, which is important but not sufficient to capture critical thinking's role in higher education. The author argues a new model is needed to account for critical thinking's wider impacts and applications in areas like social justice and political activism.
Critical thinking is reflective reasoning about beliefs and actions to determine whether claims are true. It involves examining evidence, assumptions, and reasoning. The Socratic method of questioning established critical thinking in Western thought. Critical thinking skills include observation, analysis, evaluation, and inference. Developing intellectual traits like open-mindedness, integrity, and perseverance is important for strong critical thinking. Critical thinking aims to improve reasoning by assessing thinking based on standards of clarity, accuracy, and validity.
This document discusses the relationship between attachment processes and the development of reflective function, which is the ability to envision mental states in oneself and others.
The authors propose that reflective function, or the capacity to represent behavior in terms of mental states and intentionality, is key to self-organization and is developed in the context of early social relationships. Evidence is reviewed that links the quality of attachment relationships to reflective function in parents and children.
A model is presented where caregivers' ability to communicate understanding of a child's intentional stance is at the core of developing self-organization. Consequences of impaired reflective function such as due to maltreatment are explored.
2-2Week 2 AssignmentThe Process of Critical ThinkingOver.docxnovabroom
This document discusses the process of critical thinking. It defines critical thinking as the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information. The document outlines some key characteristics of critical thinking, including rationality, self-awareness, honesty, open-mindedness, discipline, and judgment. It also discusses how critical thinking skills can be developed through consistently applying intellectual standards and becoming more inquisitive, well-informed, and open to reconsidering one's viewpoints.
Common misconceptions of critical thinkingSHARON BAILIN, RLynellBull52
Common misconceptions of critical thinking
SHARON BAILIN, ROLAND CASE,
JERROLD R. COOMBS and LEROI B. DANIELS
In this paper, the ® rst of two, we analyse three widely-held conceptions of critical
thinking: as one or more skills, as mental processes, and as sets of procedures. Each
view is, we contend, wrong-headed, misleading or, at best, unhelpful. Some who write
about critical thinking seem to muddle all three views in an unenlightening me lange.
Apart from the errors or inadequacies of the conceptions themselves, they promote or
abet misconceived practices for teaching critical thinking. Together, they have led to
the view that critical thinking is best taught by practising it. We o� er alternative
proposals for the teaching of critical thinking.
Critical thinking is a subject of considerable current interest, both in terms
of theory and pedagogy. A great deal is written about critical thinking,
conferences on the subject abound, and educational initiatives aimed at
fostering critical thinking proliferate.1 It is our view that much of the
theoretical work and many of the pedagogical endeavours in this area are
misdirected because they are based on faulty conceptions of critical think-
ing. Critical thinking is frequently conceptualized in terms of skills, pro-
cesses, procedures and practice. Much of the educational literature either
refers to cognitive or thinking skills or equates critical thinking with certain
mental processes or procedural moves that can be improved through
practice. In this paper we attempt to explain the misconceptions inherent
in such ways of conceptualizing critical thinking. It is important to note
that much of the literature contains a pervasive miasma of overlapping uses
of such terms as skill, process, procedure, behaviour, mental operations,
j. curriculum studies, 1999, vol. 31, no. 3, 269± 283
S haron Bailin, a professor in the Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby,
British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6, is interested in philosophical inquiries into critical
thinking, creativity and aesthetic education. Her publications include Reason and V alues:
New Essays in Philosophy of Education (Calgary, AB: Detselig, 1993), co-edited with John P.
Portelli.
Roland Case, an associate professor in the Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University,
conducts research in social studies and legal and global education. His most recent book is
The Canadian Anthology of Social S tudies: Issues and S trategies (Burnaby, BC: Faculty of
Education, Simon Fraser University), co-edited with Penney Clark.
Jerrold R. Coombs, a professor in the Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia,
has published extensively on ethical issues in education and the development of competence
in practical reasoning. His publications include Applied Ethics: A Reader (Oxford: Black-
well, 1993), co-edited with Earl R. Winkler.
L eRoi B. Daniels, a professor emeritus in the Faculty of Education, University of British
Columbia, ...
This document discusses critical thinking. It defines critical thinking as including skills like analyzing arguments, making inferences through reasoning, evaluating information, and problem solving. Critical thinking involves both cognitive skills and dispositions like open-mindedness. It can be applied to any context but requires reflection on how it applies to different disciplines. Critical thinking is important in academics as it helps reduce risks from false beliefs and increase understanding. However, even with critical thinking skills, mistakes can still occur.
Discussion 1 Maintaining Emotional BalanceIn this week’s DiscusVinaOconner450
Discussion 1: Maintaining Emotional Balance
In this week’s Discussion, we are going to take another step and examine how leaders can sustain and improve emotional balance within an organizational culture. For this Discussion, first reflect back on what you learned in reflection tools (e.g., emotional intelligence, SWOT, and personal leadership plans).
How To Conduct A Personal SWOT Analysis (forbes.com)
How Emotionally Intelligent Are You? (verywellmind.com)
Then, discuss ways organizational leaders can use reflection tools (e.g., emotional intelligence surveys, SWOT analyses, or personal leadership plans) to improve and/or sustain emotional balance within an organizational culture.
To prepare for thisDiscussion Assignment, pay particular attention to the following Learning Resources:
The four C’s of emotions – “see attachments.”
Emotional Incompetence or Gender-Based Stereotyping – “see attachments.”
Emotions At Work: Needless Or Necessary? (forbes.com)
**Discussion Assignment – Post a cohesive Respondto the following listed below:
· Pick one reflection tool (e.g. emotional intelligence, SWOT, personal development plans) and assess how organizational leaders can use it to promote and/or sustain emotional balance within an organizational culture.
· What other reflection tools have you used in your own experiences that promote and/or sustain emotional balance within an organizational culture?
· Be sure to support your ideas by connecting them to the Learning Resources, as well as other credible resources you have read; or what you have observed and experienced.
· 3 or 4 paragraphs
· APA citing
· No plagiarism
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Emotional Incompetence or
Gender-Based Stereotyping?
Dan S. Chiaburu
Barbara Gray
The Pennsylvania State University
The authors used a critical incident interview provided by a female manager and her
statements (e.g., “I’m very ineffective emotionally”) as a starting point of an alternative
analysis of the term emotional competence. Using reflexive inquiry and deconstruction,
the authors argue that terms such as emotional competence, rather than being a
reflection of something perceivable as a quality of the subject, are socially produced
using language. However, such language is not value free and neutral but—based on
the analysis—gendered and subject to power differentials. The authors elaborate on
how such terms tend to be regarded as naturalized and reified in more conventional
studies and on the implications for organizational members and organizational change.
Keywords: emotion; gender; deconstruction; emotional competence; emotional
intelligence
The linguistic and ideational construction of management competencies is so deeply
entrenched in our vocabularies of organization and management that its meaning is
rarely examined. Similarly, the importance of emotional competence has more recently
been examined and is gaining similar standing as a management truism (cf. Goleman,
Boyatzis, & McKee, 2002) in an attempt to ...
Critical thinking involves explicit thinking aimed at making well-founded judgments using appropriate standards of evaluation. It involves skills like analyzing arguments, making inferences through reasoning, evaluating information, and solving problems. Critical thinking uses both cognitive skills and dispositions, like being open-minded, inquisitive, and respecting diverse viewpoints. While critical thinking principles can apply broadly, developing critical thinking requires understanding the nature and context of different subject domains. Fostering critical thinking involves overcoming resistances like avoidance, ignorance, and conformity.
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Chapter 19-22
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to cover in your lecture for college students. State your topic and come up 3-4 objectives.
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start with “After this lecture, students will be able to…”
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not to discuss all of the details to be discussed in class but to summarize the lecture
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page, but do not include the title and abstract.
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Apart from the errors or inadequacies of the conceptions themselves, they promote or
abet misconceived practices for teaching critical thinking. Together, they have led to
the view that critical thinking is best taught by practising it. We o� er alternative
proposals for the teaching of critical thinking.
Critical thinking is a subject of considerable current interest, both in terms
of theory and pedagogy. A great deal is written about critical thinking,
conferences on the subject abound, and educational initiatives aimed at
fostering critical thinking proliferate.1 It is our view that much of the
theoretical work and many of the pedagogical endeavours in this area are
misdirected because they are based on faulty conceptions of critical think-
ing. Critical thinking is frequently conceptualized in terms of skills, pro-
cesses, procedures and practice. Much of the educational literature either
refers to cognitive or thinking skills or equates critical thinking with certain
mental processes or procedural moves that can be improved through
practice. In this paper we attempt to explain the misconceptions inherent
in such ways of conceptualizing critical thinking. It is important to note
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A Study Of The Internal Structure Of Critical Thinking Dispositions
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Critical thinking is “reasoned and relexive thinking
focused on what to believe or what to do” (Ennis, 1987, p.
10). People think critically when they are trying to solve a
problem, assess arguments, make a decision about a belief,
or make a decision in general. One is therefore dealing
with concrete issues: reasoning, deciding, solving, etc. In
these tasks, critical thinking evaluates not only the products
of thinking — that is, how good a decision, a belief, an
argument or a solution is — but also analyzes and assesses
the actual process of thinking: how valid was the reasoning
that led to such conclusion, or how strong was the inference,
or what factors led to such a decision.Thus, critical thinking
implies the evaluation of both the product of thinking and
the process involved, with a view to gaining useful and
accurate feedback that will serve to improve it (Halpern,
1998). The execution of critical thinking demands the
implementation both of a series of cognitive skills and of a
set of dispositions (e.g. APA, 1990; Ennis, 1996; Halpern,
2003; Paul & Elder, 2001). Both components seem to be
necessary, since if someone knows how to apply a given
skill — for example, elaborating an explanation concerning
the issue in hand — but is not disposed to do so, that person
will not engage in critical thinking.
It is accepted that skills represent the cognitive
component: knowing what and how to do something.
Nevertheless, the particular list of skills that comprise
critical thinking varies from one author to another. For
example, Ennis (1996) suggests skills such as focusing
on the issue, analyzing arguments, posing and responding
to questions dealing with clariications and/or challenges,
judging the credibility of sources, observing and judging
observations, deduction, induction, value judgements,
deining terms, identifying assumptions, and deciding and
interacting with others. Halpern (1998, 2003) adds the
following skills: checking hypotheses, verbal reasoning,
argument analysis, uncertainty and decisions and problem-
solving. Swartz and Perkins (1990) propose much more
generic categories: creative thinking, critical thinking,
decision-making, the solving of daily problems and the
solving of mathematical problems. This lack of consensus
attracted the attention of an international panel of experts
(APA, 1990) who wished to reach consensus about the
concept and meaning of critical thinking. The group
identiied the following skills as being crucial to this kind
of thinking: interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference,
explanation and self-regulation.
Regarding dispositions there is greater variability both
in regard to the particular set of dispositions established by
different authors and in regard to the concept disposition
itself. Regarding the concept, Ryle (1949) considered a
disposition to be a propensity or susceptibility to a given
state or to undergo a change when the circumstances so
permit it. For Ennis (1962), dispositions are a tendency
to do something, and recently (Ennis, 2003) that author
has underlined its non-automatic but relexive nature.
Norris (2003) also considers dispositions as tendencies
to think in a particular way under certain circumstances.
Along a different line, Salomon (1994) suggests that a
disposition is a composite of preferences, attitudes and
intentions. Likewise, Facione and Facione (1992; Facione,
Facione & Giancarlo, 2000) consider dispositions to be a
constellation of attitudes, intellectual virtues and mental
habits. Dewey (1922) referred to them as mental habits,
although he also stated that they could also be referred to as
A Study of the Internal Structure of
Critical Thinking Dispositions
Ana Mª Nieto
School of Psychology, University of Salamanca (Spain)
Jorge Valenzuela
Sede Regional Villarrica. Pontiicia Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile)
Abstract
The execution of critical thinking depends on a set of skills and dispositions. It is unanimously
accepted that skills represent the cognitive component, but consensus varies with regard to dispositions.
Although most theoreticians admit that this is a complex construct integrated by motivations and
mental habits, they don’t explain further. We have performed a study attempting to explore the
internal structure of dispositions. We suggest a possible hypothesis of “Motivational Genesis of
Dispositions,” according to which disposition would be formed by motivation and by mental habits,
although the contribution of each of these factors would change depending on the practice gained in
critical thinking. Thus, when a person is not practised in critical thinking, motivation makes a greater
contribution than mental habits. Nevertheless, with practice and motivated exercise of the skills of
critical thinking, the inluence of these mental habits increases. The regression analyses carried out
support such a hypothesis.
Key words: Critical thinking, dispositions, motivation, mental habits.
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attitudes or dispositions. In an analysis of these deinitions,
it may be seen that some of them, such as those of Ryle,
Ennis or Norris, underscore concepts such as propensity,
susceptibility or tendency. In contrast, others allude to
concepts such as attitude or mental habits (e.g. Facione
& Facione, 1992; Paul & Elder, 2001; Salomon, 1994).
This differentiation can also be seen through an
analysis of the classiications mentioned above. Thus,
Ennis (1996) established three large dispositions, each of
them formed by other more speciic ones. The irst, the
disposition to ensure that beliefs are true and decisions
are justiied, includes looking for alternatives, adopting a
position as long as it is justiied, being well informed, etc.
The second — representing a standpoint or stance honestly
— involves interrelated dispositions: being clear in what
is said, determining the focus or conclusion, searching
for and offering reasons, taking the overall situation
into account, etc. Ennis’s third disposition — respecting
everybody’s dignity and value — involves listening to
the points of view of others, taking their feelings into
account, etc. As dispositions of critical thinkers, Perkins,
Jay and Tishman (1993) suggested the disposition to
question matters and to look for and investigate problems,
the disposition to construct explanations and understand
them, the disposition to make plans and act strategically,
the disposition to seek and evaluate reasons, and the
disposition to be metacognitive. In these classiications
of dispositions it may be seen that reference is made to
motivations or tendencies to engage in speciic cognitive
behaviours, such as looking for information, focusing on
conclusions, looking for and offering reasons, and building
explanations.Accordingly, dispositions are understood as
involving motivation to engage in thinking skills.
In contrast, there are classiications of dispositions
that allude to them as mental habits, intellectual virtues or
attitudes as regards addressing situations and not so much
to the motivating nature of certain cognitive behaviours.
For example, Paul (1990) differentiates the following
dispositions: humility, courage, perseverance, integrity,
faith in reason. As important dispositions, Siegel (1988)
considersobjectivity,honesty,impartiality,thewishtomake
judgements and actions congruent, and the commitment to
look for and assess reasons. Similarly, Facione and Facione
(1992, 2007) invoke the dispositions of open-mindedness,
inquisitiveness, systematicity, analyticity, truth seeking,
self-conidence in critical thinking and maturity. As may
be seen, whereas the earlier categorizations emphasize
motivational meaning to dispositions in the sense that
dispositions are factors contributing to initiating and
persisting in cognitive behaviour, the classifications
offered by Paul, Siegel, and Facione and Facione point to
a notion closer to attitudes, mental habits, and a general
willingness to address situations demanded by critical
thinking. Since dispositions have been conceptualized
either in motivational terms (inclinations, tendencies,
predispositions) or in attitudinal terms (attitudes, mental
habits, intellectual virtues), this means either (a) that we
are using the same term to refer ambiguously to different
psychological constructs or (b) that this term really does
refer to a complex construct composed of several factors.
The complex and multidimensional natures of
dispositions was recognised by Dewey (1922) when he
stated that habits, a term which he preferred to use, are
rooted in knowledge, motivation and attitudes. More
recently, Ennis (1996) has asserted that dispositions are a
constructs that combine attitudes and inclination.Although
most theoreticians of critical thinking have admitted
the complexity of this component, in their programs or
models they have typically chosen to emphasize one of
the two possible conceptualizations: the attitudinal or the
motivational one.
Attempting to understand the internal structure of the
dispositional component is crucial, since knowledge of
this may afford very relevant information for intervening
with a view to enhancing and improving critical thinking.
What does seem to be clear is that we are not dealing with
a unitary construct but a “multidimensional” one, formed
at least by motivations and attitudes or mental habits. If we
admit the multicomponent nature of dispositions, it would
then be of interest to know how, and at what moment,
the factors comprising them contribute to engaging in
critical thinking so that we can improve our understanding
of the internal structure of dispositions and the factors
contributions to that structure.
Following some theoreticians (e.g. Dewey, 1922;
1933; Ennis 1996), in this study we have assumed that
dispositions are complex and are formed by at least one
motivational factor and one attitudinal or mental habits
factor. With this background, we conducted a study with
university students who completed a course in critical
thinking, the aim of which was to determine how the
factors of the dispositional component would evolve. We
have proposed what we have called the hypothesis of a
motivational genesis of the dispositions of critical thinking.
According to this hypothesis, the dispositions involve both
a motivational factor and a habits of mind factor, but the
relative weight of each of these factors in the performance
of the skills of critical thinking will differ as a function
of experience or practice in this type of thinking. More
speciically, the motivational factor, that is the factor that
initiates and maintains a type of behaviour, determines
whether the skills of critical thinking are activated or
put into practice. Over time, after practicing the skills
of critical thinking, individuals become trained and
consolidate attitudes, mental habits or intellectual virtues
of critical thinking that form the so called “critical spirit”
of critical thinkers (Facione & Facione, 1992) and what
we are called attitudinal factor.Although these attitudes or
mental habits to are a certain extent pre-existent, perhaps
in a very rudimentary or immature way, motivation would
contribute more to forming intellectual attitudes or mental
habits and motivation would have greater weight in the
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performance of critical thinking during the irst phases of
practice. However, after practice and motivated exercise
of the skills of critical thinking, then the contribution of
attitudes or mental habits will increase, since these would
become consolidated. According to this hypothesis,
the contribution or relative weight of these constructs,
motivation and mental habits, would be different as a
function of an individual’s experience and practice in
critical thinking. Thus, during the irst stages of engaging
in this type of thinking the weight of motivation will
be greater than that of mental habits or attitudes (which
have still not become consolidated). Nevertheless, once
critical thinking has been deployed and has become the
normal way of addressing problems and situations, the
contribution of the attitude component of the dispositions
to critical thinking performance will increase. Even though
mental habits are strengthened, motivation continues to
contribute to and determine critical thinking, but to a lesser
extent since performance will depend more on those habits
of mind or attitudes. A possible graphic representation of
the way in which motivation and the attitudes of critical
thinking participate as a function of the practice gained in
this way of thinking would be as follows:
Figure 1
Motivation and Mental Habits in a Person Who Has
Not Practiced Critical Thinking
Motivation and Mental Habits in a Person Who Has
Practiced Critical Thinking
In order to test this hypothesis of a possible
motivational genesis of dispositions and to determine
how the factors of critical thinking dispositions evolve,
we conducted a study with a sample of university students
who completed a course in critical thinking. Speciically,
we formulated the following hypotheses:
(I) If dispositions can be considered
attitudes or mental habits that become
consolidated with motivated practice in
critical thinking, then on the pre-test mental
habits or attitudes (which have not yet
been acquired) would account for a lower
percentage in the performance of the skills
of critical thinking than motivation.
(II) If dispositions can be considered
as attitudes or mental habits that become
consolidated with motivated practice in
critical thinking, then on the post-test mental
habits or attitudes would account for a higher
percentage of performance in the exercise
of the skills of critical thinking than on the
pre-test. In other words, an increase in their
explanatory capacity would occur, while the
contribution of motivation would decrease.
Method
Sample
The sample included 158 university students from
the 4th year of a psychology degree. Their mean age
was 21.7 years (SD = 1.2). The individuals forming the
sample were mainly women, as is traditional in this type
of degree course (71% women, 29% men). The students
were rewarded academically in the sense of offering them
additional marks in a subject for participating in the survey.
Instruments
As assessment instruments, we used the following
tests:
CCTDI – California Critical Thinking Disposition
Inventory (Facione & Facione, 1992). The test consists
of 75 questions in which the individuals must state how
much in agreement or disagreement they are with each of
the statements.The test assesses the following dispositions:
truth-seeking, open-mindedness, analyticity, systematicity,
conidence in critical thinking, inquisitiveness and maturity.
The dispositions in this Inventory are conceptualized as a
constellation of attitudes, intellectual virtues and mental
habits. The time allotted for the test was 20 minutes, and
according to the manual the test has reliability indices
between 0.71 and 0.80.
CCTST – California Critical Thinking Skills Test
(Facione et al., 1990). This test assesses the following
skills of critical thinking: analysis, assessment, inference,
deductive reasoning and inductive reasoning. To
accomplish this, it employs 34 multiple-choice items in
which the individual must choose the correct answer to
different problems and situations, posed. The time allowed
is 45 minutes, and according to the manual, the reliability
of the test is between 0.87 and 0.91.
CTMS – Critical Thinking Motivation Scale
(Valenzuela, 2007; Valenzuela, Nieto & Saiz, 2011).
This scale measures motivation to engage in critical
thinking. It was developed from the Expectancy and
Value model proposed by Wigield and Eccles (1992;
Wigield, 1994). The test aims to assess the extent to
Mental Habits
Motivation
Practice
of Skills
Mental Habits
Motivation
Practice
of Skills
4. 34 INQUIRY: CRITICAL THINKING ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES
which a person evaluates critical thinking and feels able to
engage in it. The scale is composed of 20 Likert-like items
with scores from 1 to 6 which individuals use to express
their agreement/disagreement with a series of statements
referring to the Expectancy that they have about thinking
critically and with a series of statements referring to the
value that person assigns to this way of thinking. The
Value component of the scale is formed by the subscales of
Attainment, Utility, Cost and Interest. The test takes about
10 minutes to complete and the reliability of the different
factors is 0.73 for Expectancy and 0.85 for Value.
Instruction in critical thinking
The intervention program in critical thinking aims
at developing the following skills: practical reasoning,
deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, decision-
making and problem-solving. To teach these skills, the
instructor explained the skill being learned through
examples similar to those found in real-life situations.
Emphasis was placed on the structural characteristics
of the arguments and of the situations used so that the
learning of critical thinking would not depend on the
content. Next, the students carried out a large number of
practical exercises, which again were designed to be as
close as possible to real-life circumstances. The work was
then corrected in class or was handed in to the instructor,
who corrected it and gave the students feedback about
their performance. This procedure is based on the one
suggested by Halpern (1998), which has been shown to
be effective (Nieto and Saiz, 2008).
Procedure
One week before the instruction in critical thinking
was given the students completed the tests described above.
They did the tests in the following order: the CTMS, the
CCTDI, and inally the CCTST. The following week
instruction started, and it lasted 18 weeks at 1.5 hours per
week. During that time, the students practised the skills
of critical thinking, and in the week after instruction was
completed, the same three tests were taken and taken in
the same order.
Results
To study the internal structure of dispositions and
to analyze the contribution of two of its components,
motivation and mental habits, at different times of practice
or experience in critical thinking, linear regression analysis
was implemented. Table 1 shows the means and standard
deviations of the variables studied at two times of the
evaluation: pre-test and post-test.
In order to determine the degree of contribution of
motivation and mental habits before having experience
in critical thinking, a Linear Regression Analysis was
carried out using the Enter Method. To accomplish this,
the dependent variable was the performance on the skills
of critical thinking evaluated by the students’scores on the
CCTST pre-test, and as independent variables we entered
irst the students’ motivation measured by their score on
the CTMS, and then the mental habits component of the
disposition toward critical thinking measured by their
scores on the CCTDI, so all of these measure were taken
prior to instruction. The analyses (see table 2) revealed
that motivation only explained 10.2% of the total variance
accounted for (F = 2.83; p < 0.05). When the variable of
attitudes or mental habits toward critical thinking was
added to motivation, both variables accounted for 12.9%,
an increase that was not signiicant (F = 1.441; p = 0.159).
Thus, when attitudes were incorporated into the irst model
formed by the motivation factor, they only added 2.7%
more to the total variance explained in comparison with
the variance explained by motivation alone.
Table 1
Descriptive Statistics
PRETEST POSTTEST
Means Stand. Dev Means Stand. Dev
Attainment 5.10 0.889 5.08 0.791
Cost 4.40 0.836 4.39 0.949
Interest 4.81 0.848 4.96 0.794
Utility 5.00 0.942 5.08 0.807
Expectancy 3.77 0.695 3.90 0.798
Total Motivation 4.30 0.660 4.40 0.695
Truth-Seeking 36.18 5.92 37.72 5.604
Open-minded 46.31 4.76 47.05 4.445
Analyticity 43.18 4.60 44.88 5.140
Systemacity 40.17 6.43 40.62 5.707
Conidence 42.21 5.74 43.08 6.129
Inquisitiveness 46.94 4.96 47.29 5.400
Maturity 45.55 5.10 48.18 5.106
Total Dispositions 300.54 24.58 308.82 26.25
Table 2
Motivation-Mental Habits Regression at Pre-test
Std. Error
Adjusted of the
Model R R Square R Square Estimate F Sig.
1 0.320 0.102 0.066 3.562 2.830 0.019
2 0.359 0.129 0.039 3.613 1.441 0.157
a – Predictors: (Constant), Expectancy_ pre, Cost_ pre, Utility_pre,
Attainment_pre, Interest_pre.
b – Predictors: (Constant), Expectancy_pre, Cost_pre, Utility_pre,
Attainment_pre, Interest_pre, Maturity_pre, Inquisitiveness_pre,
Open-mindedness_pre, Truth-Seeking_pre, Systematicity _pre,
Analyticity_pre, Conidence_pre
Following this, we changed the order of introduction
of the independent variables, by irst adding the mental
habits variable and then motivation, with a view to
determining what motivation would add to what was
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explained by the attitude or habits of mind variable
alone. Thus, as may be seen in table 3, we observed that
attitudes prior to instruction only explained 6.6% of the
total variance, with no statistical signiicance (F = 1.226;
p = 0.293). When the components of motivation were
added to the mental habits, the variance explained rose to
12.9%, although this was not signiicant either (F = 1.441;
p = 0.195). Thus, motivation added 6.3% more to the initial
explanatory capacity.
Table 3
Mental Habits-Motivation Linear Regression
at Pre-test
Std. Error
Adjusted of the
Model R R Square R Square Estimate F Sig.
1 0.256 0.066 0.012 3.664 1.226 0.293
2 0.359 0.129 0.039 3.613 1.441 0.157
Model 1 – Predictors: (Constant), Maturity_pre, Inquisitiveness_pre,
Open-mindedness_pre, Truth Seeking_pre, Systematicity _pre,
Analyticity_pre, Conidence_pre
Model 2 – Predictors: (Constant), Maturity_pre, Inquisitiveness_pre,
Open-mindedness_pre, Truth-Seeking_pre, Systematicity _pre, Ana-
lyticity_pre, Conidence_pre Expectancy_pre, Cost_pre, Utility_pre,
Attainment_pre, Interest_pre,
In sum, regarding the pre-test it can be said that of
all the variance in the skills of critical thinking explained
by the two variables of motivation and mental habits
which was 12.9%, mental habits variable explained only
2.7%, whereas, as we saw in the previous paragraph,
motivation provided a higher explanatory capacity of
6.3%. It can therefore be seen that before the intervention
and practice in critical thinking the explanatory power of
habits of mind was much lower than that of motivation,
since the motivation variable explained more than double
the amount of variance.
After the instructional period concluded, we performed
the same analyses — the two Linear Regressions —
applying the Enter Method, in which we changed the
order of introducing the independent variables in order
to determine their speciic weights. We used as the same
dependent variable the students’ performance on the
CCTST post-test,, and as independent variables we again
used the motivation score from CTMS and the mental
habits score from CCTDI, both measured at post-test. First,
we introduced motivation variable and then the mental
habits variable. As may be seen in Table 4, motivation
explained a signiicant part (10.5%) of the total variance
(F = 2.407; p < 0.05); and when the attitude or mental
habits variable was included, the variance explained
rose to 17.8%, although this increase was not signiicant
(F = 1.736; p = 0.071). Thus, disposition increased the
explanatory power of motivation alone by 7.3%, although
this was not signiicant.
Table 4
Mental Habits-Motivation Linear Regression
at Post-test
Std. Error
Adjusted of the
Model R R Square R Square Estimate F Sig.
1 0.323 0.105 0.061 3.717 2.407 0.042
2 0.422 0.178 0.076 3.688 1.736 0.071
Model 1 – Predictors: (Constant), Expectancy_ post, Cost_ post, Util-
ity_post, Attainment_post, Interest_post.
Model 2 – Predictors: (Constant), Expectancy_post, Cost_post, Util-
ity_post, Attainment_post, Interest_post, Maturity_post, Inquisitive-
ness_post, Open-mindedness_post, Truth-Seeking_post, Systematic-
ity _post, Analyticity_post, Conidence_post
Upon changing the order of introduction of the
variables (Table 5) — mental habits first and then
motivation — we observed that the attitude or mental
habits variable alone accounted for 9% of the total variance
of the post-test while the second model, mental habits plus
motivation, explained 17.8%. As may be seen in Table
5, in this case while neither of the models explained the
variance in a signiicant way, motivation added 8.80% to
the total variance explained.
Table 5
Mental Habits-Motivation Linear Regression
at Post-test
Std. Error
Adjusted of the
Model R R Square R Square Estimate F Sig.
1 0.30 0.090 0.027 3.784 1.425 0.204
2 0.422 0.178 0.076 3.688 1.736 0.071
Model 1 – Predictors: (Constant), Maturity_post, Inquisitiveness_post,
Open-mindedness_post, Truth-Seeking_post, Systematicity _post,
Analyticity_post, Conidence_post
Model 2 – Predictors: (Constant), Maturity_post, Inquisitiveness_post,
Open-mindedness_post, Truth-Seeking_post, Systematicity _post,
Analyticity_post, Conidence_post, Expectancy_post, Cost_post,
Utility_post, Attainment_post, Interest_post,
In sum, after practice with critical thinking, the total
variance explained by these variables had increased
to 17.8%, of which attitude accounted for 7.3% and
motivation 8.8%. It may be appreciated that the percentage
of variance explained by habits of mind or attitudes
had increased considerably from the pre-test, and the
percentage explained by motivation also increased but to
a lesser extent.
In synthesis, the percentage of total variance
explained by the mental habits variable on critical thinking
performance changed from 2.7% prior to practising critical
thinking to 7.3% after instruction, an increase of nearly
5% in the explanatory power of this variable. Regarding
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motivation, the total variance explained by this variable
was 6.3% before practice in critical thinking and 8.8% at
post-test, so it increased as well.
In Figure 2, considering like a total the percentage
explained by both variables together at the two times of
evaluation, it may be seen that in the pre-test motivation
accounted for 48.8% of the variance, while mental habits
only explained 20.83%, the common variance being
30.23%. Regarding the post-test, the total percentage of
variance explained by motivation (49.43%) was similar
to that observed in the pre-test while the percentage of
variation explained by mental habits increased almost two-
fold: from 20.93% in the pre-test to 40.01% in the post-test.
In this case, the common variance between both variables
was reduced to a considerable extent: 9.5%.
Figure 2
Percentages of Total Variance Explained by
Motivation, and Mental Habits and Common
Variance at Pre- and Post-test
Discussion
The aim of the present work focuses on understanding
the factors comprising the internal structure of dispositions.
Although most theoreticians (e.g., Dewey, 1922; Ennis,
1996; Facione & Facione, 1992; Perkins & Tishman, 2001)
have recognised that the disposition for critical thinking is
a complex construct that integrates motivations and mental
habits, in their theories and models they have ordinarily
prioritized only one of the two possible components:
motivational or attitudinal. Here we assumed that both
factors form part of the dispositions and we attempted to
determine their relative contribution at different phases of
practice with critical thinking.
Thus, our goal was to test the hypothesis of a possible
motivational genesis of the dispositions of critical thinking.
According to this hypothesis, the dispositional component
would combine motivations and mental habits, although the
contributions of each of those two factors vary as a function
of the practice gained in such thinking. Specifically,
motivation would have a greater initial weight; that is, it
would make a greater contribution than attitudes in the
initial stages of practice in critical thinking. With practice
and the exercise of the skills of critical thinking, activated
and maintained by motivation, attitude or mental habits
linked to critical thinking should become consolidated, so
that their explanatory power would increase while that of
motivation would decrease.
The results obtained here to some extent support
such a hypothesis. In this sense, before practice in critical
thinking the percentage of variance explained by attitudes,
which form the dispositional component and which were
assessed by the CCTDI was considerably lower than
what was accounted for by motivation. However, after
practice in critical thinking the percentage explained by the
mental habits or attitude variable increased substantially,
becoming almost twice the percentage explained in the
pre-test. Nevertheless, the variance explained by motivation
remained almost the same, no decreases being observed,
and this is in contrast to our prediction. This suggests that
motivation to think critically continues to be an important
factor in the deployment of critical thinking skills, even
though certain mental habits or attitudes associated with
performing them have become consolidated. In fact,
motivation signiicantly explains almost half of the total
variance explained by both variables, both before and
after practice in critical thinking. In contrast, mental
habits doubled its explanatory power after practice in
critical thinking, providing support for our hypothesis by
suggesting a consolidation of these mental habitsor attitudes
after the skills of critical thinking have been practised.
However, this increase was not enough to appear as
a statistically signiicant variable in the explanation of the
variance of the skills. We believe there are two possible
reasons that could account for this. On one hand, the
short time available for practice in critical thinking could
have given rise to the occurrence of an increase, but not
one suficiently large to be statistically signiicant. Or, on
the other hand, it could be that an excessive number of
variables were incorporated into the equation, and hence
there was a decrease in the degrees of freedom.
Another important aspect that could be interpreted
favourably in terms of our hypothesis of a motivational
genesis of dispositions is the fact that the common
variance of both variables decreased considerably in the
post-test: from 30% in the pre-test to 9% in the post-test.
This observation suggests that both constructs overlap
in an important way in the beginning but that after
practice and engagement in critical thinking they begin
to become differentiated, giving rise to a series of mental
habits, attitudes or dispositions linked to engaging in
critical thinking. Accordingly, practice would generate
a differentiation between the two constructs: motivation
and mental habits.
It is important to note that the hypothesis of a
motivational genesis of the dispositions of critical thinking
does not propose that there would be a causal relationship
between motivation and dispositions or that motivation
100%
90%
80&
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
49% 49.43%
41.01%
20.93%
30.23%
9.55% Common Vari.
Mental Habits
Motivation
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alone generates dispositions. What it does suggest is
that, when practice in critical thinking is increased, then,
possibly because its results and beneits are appreciated, the
contribution of the attitude component of dispositions also
increases. This would imply that mental habits or attitudes
come from the exercise of motivated skills. These attitudes
or dispositions probably start out as highly germinal and
materialize with practice.
If motivation and mental habits comprise the critical
thinking dispositional component, we must bear in mind
that when we are assessing critical thinking the assessment
cannot be limited to the attitudinal dimension of critical
thinking. If we evaluate only that dimension, we receive
only partial information, and, if we really wish to know
and make use of the dispositional factor of critical
thinking, then motivation must be explored because it
plays a very important role. This is especially clear when
this variable is seen to be statistically signiicant when
predicting engagement in the critical thinking. If we wish
to offer a course designed to improve critical thinking,
the evaluation of mental habits alone would not be very
functional because that do not afford concrete and speciic
information with which to perform an intervention. In
contrast, evaluating motivation provides us with much
more useful information. For example, it may much easier
and more effective to try to increase the self-eficacy
expectancy of students, for example, by giving them
positive feedback after their performance (e.g. Bandura,
1997; Fencl & Scheel, 2005), than to attempt to make
someone who is careless into a systematic thinker, or to
make someone who is immature mature. This is precisely
one of the advantages of incorporating into our assessment
a motivational focus such as the Expectancy-Value
model. Employing that model we can determine the level
of subjects on the different components of motivation:
(1) on one hand expectancy and, on the other hand, (2)
the value component assigned to a task, in particular its
attainment, its utility, its cost and the interest of the person
in thinking critically. On the basis of the evaluation of
the different factors, we can plan our actions aimed at
strengthening or increasing the critical thinking skills of
people who score low on some of them. For example, we
can incorporate techniques to improve the expectancy of
students in which it is not very high, or we can try to show
them the importance and utility of this way of thinking,
and thereby contribute to increasing the value they assign
to critical thinking.
Our aim has not been to study whether dispositions
change after instruction, but to study the internal
structure of the dispositional component and analyze the
contribution of the factors integrating it along practice in
critical thinking. It would have been interesting to have
measured simultaneously the values of variables in a
control group without any intervention, and perhaps the
lack of a control group detracts from the relevance of our
results. One could surmise that the greater explanatory
power of mental habits in the post-test is due to practice
or social desirability, but the fact that motivation gave
relatively constant results leads us to question such an
interpretation. Another possible limitation of the study
has to do with the short time between the pre- and post-
test, only four months. It would have been interesting to
observe how the variables behave over a longer period
of time, or even to have performed a third assessment.
However, the limited control we were able to exercise
on the availability of the sample did not allow us to
accomplish this. In any case, our results encourage us
to explore a factor, motivation, that theoretically seems
important in disposing a person to think critically but that
in practice is often neglected.
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Author Information
Ana Mª Nieto, Ph.D. (Univ. Salamanca, 2002) is
a professor at the University of Salamanca, Spain. She
teaches Psychology of Thinking. Her main research
interest is about how to improve thinking and learning
and about critical thinking and the factors necessary
for learning and executing it. Speciically, she studies
the dispositional component of critical thinking, both
motivation and epistemological competence. She is
especially interested in what are the relevant dispositions,
how to assess them, and how they work when we think
critically. Correspondence should be addressed to: Ana
Mª Nieto, Facultad de Psicología, Avda. De la Merced,
109, 37005 Salamanca, Spain. Email: acarracedo@usal.es
Jorge Valenzuela Carreño, Ph.D. (PUCCH,2006)
is an Associate Professor at The Pontiicia Universidad
Católica de Chile, Sede Regional Villarrica. He teaches
courses of research methodology. His research is
focused on motivation and learning, and critical thinking.
Correspondence should be addressed to: Jorge Valenzuela,
Sede Regional Villarrica, Pontiicia Universidad Católica
de Chile, O´Higgins 501. Villarrica, Chile. Email:
valenzu@uc.cl.