我国高校本科生批判性思维能力测评工具的研制与检测

Development and Test of National Assessment of Collegiate Capacity of Critical Thinking

批判性思维能力测评已成为评价本科生学习成果的重要手段。基于目前国内缺乏批判性思维能力测评工具的事实,本课题组专门研制了"全国本科生批判性思维能力测评"工具。经检测发现,本套测评工具整体难度适中且分布面较宽,区分度较高,信度达标;效度检验表明,该测评得分对不同层次学校、不同年级和不同学科的学生均存在显著差异,并与本科生的高考成绩和大学学业成绩显著正相关。总体来看,本套测评工具能够有效反映我国高校本科生的批判性思维能力水平,并可推广到评价高校教育教学成效等方面。

Critical thinking ability test became an important means to assess undergraduates’ learning outcomes. Because of absence of domestic critical thinking ability tests, a critical thinking ability test tool for Chinese undergraduates was developed. It found that the test’s overall degree of difficulty was moderately acceptable which covered a wide range of distribution with high discrimination;the reliability reached the internal consistency requirement. The validity test showed that Chinese undergraduates behaved significantly across institutions, grades, and majors;and their scores indicated overt positive correlation with their college entrance examination scores and academic achievements during their collegiate study. In general, this test could effectively reflect Chinese undergraduates’ critical thinking ability level, which was also hopefully utilized in assessing the efficacy of higher education.