Demystifying the self-perception of critical thinking. An approach from the evidence of thinking skills.

Abstract

This article tries to reveal the real level of self-perception of critical thinking of high school students in the rurality of the Ecuadorian highlands from the development of tests in which it involves executing thinking skills that in the end will determine with certainty the level of critical thinking. With this data, a contrast will be made against the self-perception of critical thinking expressed by the student and it will be verified whether there is concordance. It is coupled to observational, cross-sectional and analytical design. The test is applied to 129 students of all high school levels from two educational units in different rural parishes. Two instruments were used: 1 the Individual Generic Competencies Questionnaire (CCGI), which investigates the self-perception of critical thinking and 2 the Thinking Abilities Test (PHP), which performs thinking skills regarding critical thinking. The results expose the discrepancy between the high level of self-perception of critical thinking and the low level of critical thinking.