The study aimed to find out the level of critical thinking skills among middle school students in Oued Souf, Algeria. And knowing the differences between males and females in having the five critical thinking skills. To achieve this, a measure of critical thinking skills was prepared, as its psychometric characteristics were confirmed, and the measure was distributed to a sample of (90) male and female middle school students studying at the Civil Harmony School in the Valley. - Algeria-. The results of the study showed that the level of critical thinking skills among students is unacceptable.

Critical thinking; middle school students; Algerian school