Defining the critical thinking skills of students in Police Academy, Ankara Turkey

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Dil, Kemal

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This thesis examined the critical thinking (CT) dispositions, as measured by the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory-Revised, of freshmen and seniors at Police Academy, in Ankara. Descriptive and comparative results were reported in this study as well. This study aims at defining the relationship between the disposition toward critical thinking and students' descriptive characteristics, class levels, parent attitudes, training situations and views about professional activities in policing mainly.

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Psychology, Police, Applied, Police and policing, Critical thinking

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/13378

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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K. Dil, “Defining the critical thinking skills of students in Police Academy, Ankara Turkey,” M.A. - Master of Arts, Middle East Technical University, 2003.