Critical Thinking Ability, Attitudes, and Values Among College Students
Lehmann I.J.
1962
Journal of Teacher Education
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10.1177/002248716201300402
To study differences in critical thinking ability, traditional values, and attitudes of stereotypy and dogmatism among students attending a Presbyterian liberal arts college,a Congregational liberal arts college, and a large state university,a battery of tests was administered to 918 students in the fall term, 1960. Using a random sample of fifty males and fifty females from each of the three institutions,analysis of covariance was used to study differences in means on each of the four variables among students at the three institutions. The following conclusions seem justified:1.There is a statistically significant difference in critical thinking ability among the students (both males and females) at the three midwestern colleges.2.There is a statistically significant difference in stereotypic beliefs among males at the three colleges even after controlling for critical thinking ability.3.There is a statistically significant difference in perception of God and the Bible among females at the three colleges.4.There is no significant difference in either dogmatism or in traditional values among the females or among the males at the three colleges after controlling for critical thinking ability.5.There is nosignificant difference instereotypic beliefs among the females at the three colleges after controlling for critical thinking ability.6.There is no significant difference in the homogeneity among the students at the three colleges on the four affective and cognitive variables.7.There is no significant difference in perception of selected religious concepts among males at the three colleges. © 1962, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.
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