Critical Thinking, Creativity and Study Results as Predictors of Selection for and Successful Completion of Excellence Programmes in Dutch Higher Education Institutions

Autor/inn/en	Leest, Bianca; Wolbers, Maarten H. J.
Titel	Critical Thinking, Creativity and Study Results as Predictors of Selection for and Successful Completion of Excellence Programmes in Dutch Higher Education Institutions
Quelle	In: European Journal of Higher Education, 11 (2021) 1, S.29-43 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Leest, Bianca) ORCID (Wolbers, Maarten H. J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2156-8235
DOI	10.1080/21568235.2020.1850310
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Critical Thinking; Creativity; Foreign Countries; Personality Traits; Excellence in Education; Student Characteristics; Student Attitudes; Tests; Correlation; Selection Criteria; Admission Criteria; Thinking Skills; Undergraduate Students; Graduation; Admission (School); Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Kritisches Denken; Kreativität; Ausland; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Lernerfolg; Schülerverhalten; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Korrelation; Selection criterion; Auslesekriterium; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Denkfähigkeit; Abschluss; Graduierung; Niederlande
Abstract	In this article, we examine how critical thinking and creativity of students, in addition to study results, are related to their chance of being selected for an excellence programme, and whether these student characteristics determine successful completion of their participation in an excellence programme. Between 2016 and 2019, over 1000 students from five higher education institutions in the Netherlands filled in questionnaires to collect information on their study results and relevant background and personality characteristics, and took part in tests to measure their critical thinking and creativity skills. The results of the empirical analysis show that critical thinking has a positive effect on the chance of being selected for an excellence programme, net of study results, which are also positively related to participation in an excellence programme. Creativity only plays a marginal role in the selection process. With regard to successful completion of an excellence programme, none of the considered variables of interest has a significant effect. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01