Abstract

CURONE, Gladys et al. Critical thinking abilities in entering students to Buenos Aires University that are studing Psychology subject. Anu. investig. [online]. 2011, vol.18, pp.169-180. ISSN 1851-1686.

This report expresses the results and the analysis obtained after the administration of the Critical Thinking Test to the students from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, who studied the CBC during the irst quarter of 2008. It was inquire through the test items, two Dimensions of Critical Thinking: the Substantive Dimension that includes those actions carried out by the person to give an account of reasons and evidence which supports his point of view, and the Dialogic Dimension, which includes those actions of the person directed towards the analysis and / or the integration of different views, diver gents or in contraposition to his own. After the statistical processing and Multiple Correspondence analysis, it was found that the students can agree mostly with items on the Substantive Dimension, while it appears a greater dispersion between the values of the dialogic dimension.

Keywords : Entrants to the University; Critical Thinking; Dialogic Dimension; Substantive Dimension.

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