家庭收入对本科生批判性思维能力的影响——基于院校层次中介效应的实证研究

The Influence of Family Income on Undergraduates’ Critica Thinking Capacity:An Empirical Study Based on the Mediating Effect of Institutional Level

基于能力的新人力资本理论和阿斯汀的I-E-O模型,利用本土化批判性思维能力测评工具及全国本科生能力测评结果,探讨了家庭收入对本科生批判性思维能力的影响。研究发现:大学生所在家庭的经济收入对其批判性思维能力具有显著的正向影响;同时家庭收入还显著影响高中生进入不同层次院校的机会,而不同层次院校本科生的批判性思维能力是不同的,如此使得院校层次成为家庭收入影响本科生批判性思维能力的中介变量。

Based on new human capital theory and the Astin’s I-E-O model,this essay explores the impacts of family income on critical thinking ability of undergraduate students by analyzing national undergraduate ability assessment data through localized critical thinking ability assessment tool.The results show that the economic income of college students’ family has a significant positive impact on their critical thinking ability.It means whether the students have access to high-level college depends on their family income to a large extent Therefore,type of college become the mediator variable of family income affecting college students’ critica thinking ability.