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The Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal WGCTA is an assessment tool designed to measure an individual's critical thinking skills. The examinee is asked to evaluate reading passages that include problems, statements, arguments, and interpretations. The original version of the test (which has two alternate versions-WGCTA-A and WGCTA-B) is comprised of 80 items and can be completed in 60 minutes. The short form (WGCTA-S) is comprised of 40 items and can be completed in 45 minutes.

The WGCTA has a long history of use in educational and organizational settings. It is useful in determining an individual's ability to think critically, assessing if employees have improved their critical thinking from training and instructional programs, as well as for conducting research on the critical thinking construct.

What the WGCTA Measures

The WGCTA produces a single score based upon the assessment of five critical thinking skills:

	Inference
	Recognition of Assumptions
	Deduction
	Interpretation
	Evaluation of Arguments

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