标题：Psychometric Properties of the Watson — Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal Short form,WGCTA — SF,Study among a Sample of Students Teachers at Saudi Context
其他摘要：The purpose of this study is to examine the psychometric properties of the Watson — Glaser Critical thinking Appraisal Short form,WGCTA — SF,as tools that measures critical thinking containing,40,items,and measuring five skills: Inference,Recognition of Assumptions,Deduction,Interpretation and EVol.ution of Argument with is,16,different scenarios.The test was administered to random a sample of 400 students from Teachers College — King Saud University.The results revealed that the,WGCTA — SF,is a valid and reliable test.Factor analysis revealed five factors identifying the same factor of the original instrument.The values of correlation coefficients ranged between dimensions and total score for the test between,.801 — .301,which shows the validity of constructivist,also,the results found signification relation between this test and other critical thinking test which shows the validity of criterion — related and with reliability in a re — test was,.78,and alpha was,0.80,.The results of the study found differences between students of theoretical and scientific department on,WGCTA — SF,for the favor of the students of scientific department.The study also found differences between students of high academic level and low academic level on,WGCTA — SF,for the favor of the students of high academic level.In general,the results show that,WGCTA — SF,has good psychometric properties for use in research and educational of university students.
