Cornucopia of Correlations X: Critical Thinking

Cornucopia of Correlations X: Critical Thinking

This paper is the seminal compilation of the correlations associated with the venerable construct of critical thinking. This compilation has been prepared to be the basic research resource to help those interested in the critical thinking nomothetic network, in assessing people's critical thinking, and in enhancing people's critical thinking. Reported are 150 empirical articles, dissertations, papers, technical reports, reviews, and meta-analyses constituting the critical thinking nomothetic network. The results are 11 small print pages of totaling hundreds of correlations taxonomized: predecessor of modern critical thinking tests; reliability estimates; concurrent validity; critical thinking vs critical reading; critical thinking vs reading; ritical thinking and scholastic aptitude; critical thinking and scholastic achievement; critical thinking and creativity; superstitious beliefs; crtical thinking and age; critical thinking and affective domain; Test on Understanding Science; miscellaneous. These correlations represent the critical thinking knowledge nexus.