The Level of Critical Thinking Skill and Academic Self- Efficacy as Perceived by a Sample of Students in the College of Education at King Faisal University in the light of their Academic Achievement Levels

Abstract

The study aimed to determine the degree of critical thinking skill acquired for a sample (n=138) of students at the College of Education in King Faisal University as measured by California Test . The study also measured the academic self-efficacy of the study sample by measuring it through a developed questionnaire which had suitable validity and reliability indicators. The obtained results indicated that the total degree of critical thinking acquired by students at the College of Education at University of King Faisal was )68.84%(, which was below the acceptable level educationally; while the impact of the academic self efficacy on the total degree of critical thinking was statistically significant at level (0.05).