Open AccessUse of Multi-Response Format Test in the Assessment of Medical Students' Critical Thinking Ability
Author(s) -
Mahboobeh Khabaz Mafinejad,
Seyyed Kamran Soltani Arabshahi,
Alireza Monajemi,
Mohammad Jalili,
Akbar Soltani,
Javad Rasouli
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/24884.10607
Subject(s) - critical thinking , test (biology) , multiple choice , psychology , association (psychology) , mathematics education , pearson product moment correlation coefficient , medical education , significant difference , medicine , statistics , mathematics , paleontology , biology , psychotherapist
To evaluate students critical thinking skills effectively, change in assessment practices is must. The assessment of a student's ability to think critically is a constant challenge, and yet there is considerable debate on the best assessment method. There is evidence that the intrinsic nature of open and closed-ended response questions is to measure separate cognitive abilities.