[C06] The Cognitive Reflection Test
Module: Critical thinking
- C00. Introduction
- C01. What is critical thinking?
- C02. Improve our thinking skills
- C03. Defining critical thinking
- C04. Teaching critical thinking
- C05. Beyond critical thinking
- C06. The Cognitive Reflection Test
- C07. Critical thinking assessment
- C08. Videos and courses on critical thinking
- C09. Famous quotes
- C10. History of critical thinking
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I don’t know what I may seem to the world, but as to myself, I seem only to have been like a boy playing on the sea-shore and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
- Isaac Newton
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In the last tutorial we discussed the importance of metacognition for critical thinking. There is an interesting test associated with metacognition and reflection that has been proposed by management professor Shane Frederick. It is known as the Cognitive Reflection Test. There are only three short questions in the test. You can try it out here.
Get a pen and pencil ready and then click the button below to reveal the questions. There is no time limit but it should not take more than a few minutes.
When you are done, here are the answers: