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Real-World Outcomes and Critical Thinking: Differential Analysis by Academic Major and Gender

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: The Real-World Outcomes is an inventory that measures everyday problematic behaviors that represent decisions where critical thinking is presumably absent; assessing the negative outcomes of poor daily decisions helps to infer the degree of critical thinking that mediates everyday reasoning. In the present paper, we describe the process of translation and cultural adaptation of this inventory to Portuguese. We present evidence of its administration to 259 college students concerning reliability, and differences based on academic major and gender. No statistically significant differences were found, either due to academic major or gender. Results suggest the value of this instrument to assessing daily decision making and life outcomes, and also, to estimate the quality of critical thinking in everyday life.

Source: Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto)

DOI: 10.1590/1982-43272561201505

Authors: Amanda Franco, Leandro da Silva Almeida

Institution: University of Minho

Language: English

Topic: Education and Critical Thinking Development

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Award: PENSAMENTO CRÍTICO: DESENVOLVIMENTO E MEDIAÇÃO NO QUADRO DAS EXPERIÊNCIAS ACADÉMICAS NO ENSINO SUPERIOR