Halpern Critical Thinking Assessment Predicts Real-World Outcomes of Critical Thinking

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Predicting real-world outcomes: Critical thinking ability is a better predictor of life decisions than intelligence (2017, methodology): “Butler (2012) examined whether scores on a critical thinking assessment (Halpern Critical Thinking Assessment; HCTA) had any “real-world” validity beyond the correlations expected with academic achievement (e.g., grade point averages) and scholastic aptitude measures (e.g., SAT, ACT).”
Assessing Critical Thinking in Higher Education: Current State and Directions for Next-Generation Assessment. Research Report. ETS RR-14-10. (2014, methodology): “12009 Critical thinking is one of the most frequently discussed higher order skills, believed to play a central role in logical thinking, decision making, and problem solving (Butler, 2012; Halpern, 2003).”
Effects of Game-Based Learning on Students’ Critical Thinking: A Meta-Analysis (2021, background): “, 2017), fewer negative life events (Butler, 2012) and more job opportunities (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2017).”