Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (WGCTA) is an assessment tool designed to measure an individual's critical thinking skills. The examinee is asked to evaluate reading passages that include problems, statements, arguments, and interpretations. The original version of the test (which has two alternate versions-WGCTA-A and WGCTA-B) is comprised of 80 items and can be completed in 60 minutes. The WGCTA has a long history of use in educational and organizational settings. It is useful in determining an individual's ability to think critically, assessing if employees have improved their critical thinking from training and instructional programs, as well as for conducting research on the critical thinking construct.
What the WGCTA Measures
The WGCTA produces a single score based upon the assessment of five critical thinking skills:
- Inference
- Recognition of Assumptions
- Deduction
- Interpretation
- Evaluation of Arguments
