Levels of Critical Thinking among Master Students in Algerian Universities

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to investigate the Algerian Students critical
thinking skills’ levels in five universities: Msila, Batna, Biskra, Algiers (Bouzeraa), and
Shlef. Watson-Glasser test was used as a measurement tool. The total sample was 233
students from the indicated universities. Results show that 46.8% of the students scored
high on the test while 30.0% scored average, and lastly, 23.2% scored low. In addition,
statistical analysis shows that there are no statistically significant differences in critical
thinking skills due to the following variables: university location, gender, academic
specialization , and age of the master students in the Algerian universities.
There is also no interaction between sex and the other variables of the study: university
location, specialization, and age. The differences’ insignificance among the Master
students in the indicated universities might be attributed to the fact that those students are
taught the same content in the academic programs with the same pedagogy since all these
universities are government universities.