Social Networks have an unquestionable impact on society, reaching all groups. From the educational research point of view, it is necessary to have valid and reliable instruments to collect information, which provide valuable knowledge and contribute to guide socio-educational policies that develop critical thinking skills in families in the face of social networks. A quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional research is presented, with the aim of analyzing the validity and psychometric properties of a tool designed to assess the critical thinking skills of Spanish families in the face of Social Networks -YouTube and Instagram-. The results indicate that the instrument is made up of 4 factors, whose reliability indices are very favorable. This first pilot application of the instrument shows that the test is original, novel and presents the empirical fit to the model that integrates...

This study analyses the actual status in the national (Spain) and international literature about “Active and Participative Methods” (MAP), and “Critical Thinking” (PC) development, two fundamental concepts on Higher Education (ES). Furthermore, a systematic review of the recent national experiences that focus on the impact of MAP in PC development in ES is carried out. This paper emerges as a consequence of the actual lack of consensus about the conceptualization of these terms, due to the dispersion of the information available in the literature, and due to the lack of agreement amongst the authors about MAP influence in PC development. A bibliographic search in 2 national and 4 international databases was carried out. The paper selection criteria were based on the paper contribution to a system of categories and subcategoriesspecifically designed for the revision. Revision resu...