Impact of a Program to Promote Critical Thinking through Informal Logic in University Students of Argentina

Abstract

The aim of this empirical research was to evaluate the impact of an educational intervention program to promote higher order cognitive skills involved in critical thinking in university students. Methodology: Socratic Dialogue and Informal Logic. Rating: by the Argentinian Adaptation of the Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal Form A (Robert Goodwin Watson & Glaser, 1980) by Chalupa (2006) and validated by Da Dalt and Difabio (2007). The sample consisted of 94 academic students (38 subjects, experimental group 56, control group) of Psychology and Education at a private university in Argentina, of middle socio-cultural level. Design: beforeafter. Statistical procedure: MANOVA of repeated measures.