Critical Thinking Test Using Everyday Situations

The present study analyses the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of Halpern’s Critical Thinking Test Using Everyday Situations. For the assessment of this type of thinking, it uses familiar situations with a double response format: open and closed. The test was applied to 335 Spanish students: 238 University students from the 3rd and 4th years of the degree course and 52 high school students. We analysed the reliability of the test and performed an exploratory factor analysis to assess its construct validity. The results suggest that the Spanish version of the test is a trustworthy instrument for assessing critical thinking. However, its factor structure is not strongly related to the theoretical structure of the test. Our results, rather than weakening the construct validity of the test, reflect the strong interrelationship among the different skills of critical thinking