Critical Thinking Measurements in engineering students: A pilot study of engineering colleges of Gujarat

Critical thinking is familiar as an important skill, and one that is a primary goal of higher education. Nevertheless, there is unexpectedly little in the literature regarding critical thinking in engineering. This paper describes two pilot studies. A mixed methods study originate that graduate engineering students accomplished worse than undergraduate students on a standard critical thinking instrument. This variance is explained through the two groups’ familiarity with test-taking. In a qualitative study, engineering undergraduates were interviewed about how they use critical thinking. It was found that their descriptions were more intricate than typical definitions in the literature. Whole, the obtained results point to an essential to further explore what critical thinking means for engineering.