Communication, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving: A Suggested Course for All High School Students in the 21st Century

Interchange ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 63-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terresa Carlgren
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
21St Century ◽  
School Students

scholarly journals AN INVESTIGATION OF 21ST CENTURY SKILLS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN TERMS OF SOME DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (51) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
21St Century ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
School Students ◽  
Information And Technology

21st century skills are considered as the skills that people need in a changing world such as creativity and innovation, critical thinking, problem solving, communication and cooperation. This study aims to examine 21st century skills of high school students in terms of some variables and to investigate the relationship between students’ academic achievement and 21st century skills. The present study, based on survey model, was a descriptive research. The research was carried out with 323 high school students from different levels and schools in Istanbul. “Multidimensional 21st Century Skills Scale” with 5 sub-dimensions including Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Skills, Information and Technology Literacy Skills, , Social Responsibility and Leadership Skills, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Skills and Career Awareness and “Personal Information Form” were used as data collection tools in the research. The academic success of students was evaluated through the grade point average of the 2019-2020 fall semester. The analysis of the data was carried out quantitatively to evaluate each sub-dimension and all of the scale. According to the results of the research, while the multidimensional 21st century skills of the students measured throughout the scale do not differ significantly according to the gender variable, there is a significant difference in problem solving and critical thinking skills, information and technology literacy skills, entrepreneurship and innovation skills sub-dimensions. While the skills of students’ problem solving and critical thinking skills, information and technology literacy skills, entrepreneurship and innovation skills differ significantly according to their class levels, there is no difference in social responsibility and leadership skills and career awareness sub-dimensions according to the class level variable. Another result obtained in the research is that there is a positive relationship between students’ 21st century skills and academic achievements. As a suggestion, different factors affecting students’ 21st century skills development can be examined. Keywords: 21st Century Skills, High School Students, Academic Achievement, Survey Model

scholarly journals Enhanced Critical Thinking Skills through Problem-Solving Games in Secondary Schools

10.28945/3677 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott D McDonald
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Students ◽  
Coffee Shop

[This Proceedings paper was revised and published in the Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Skills and Lifelong Learning (IJELL)] Aim/Purpose: Students face many challenges improving their soft skills such as critical thinking. This paper offers one possible solution to this problem. Background: This paper considers one method of enhancing critical thinking through a problem-solving game called the Coffee Shop. Problem-solving is a key component to critical thinking, and game-playing is one method of enhancing this through an interactive teaching method. Methodology: Three classes of Vietnamese high school students engaged in the Coffee Shop game. The method seeks outcome measurements through the use of analysis of multiple surveys to assess and interpret if critical thinking may have been improved. Contribution: The study may help to understand the importance of problem-solving in the context of an entrepreneurial setting and add to the variation of methods used to deliver the lesson to students in the classroom. Findings: The findings show that practicing problem-solving scenarios with a focus on critical thinking in a time limited setting results in a measured improvement of this skill. Recommendations for Practitioners : The findings suggest that educators could use games more as tools for problem-solving to contribute to their students’ learning outcomes around developing critical thinking. Recommendation for Researchers: More research could be devoted to developing problem-solving and critical thinking skills through game-play models. Impact on Society: Improved critical thinking skills in individuals could make a greater contribution to society. Future Research: A comparative study between different high school grades and genders as well as between different countries or cultures.

scholarly journals Efektivitas Strategi PBL Berbasis Potensi Akademik Terhadap Keterampilan Pemecahan Masalah dan Berpikir Kritis Siswa SMA Pada Topik Lingkungan

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Wayan Karmana ◽  
Iwan Dody Dharmawibawa ◽  
Titi Laily Hajiriah
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Academic Potential

The purpose of this research is to explain the effect of Problem Based Learning (PBL) and academic potential and their interactions toward problem solving and critical thinking skills of high school students. This research is a quasi-experiment that implements two different strategies with pretest-posttest non equivalent control group design by treatment factorial 2x2 which was conducted in the 2018/2019 academic year. Population of this research was class X students of SMA Negeri 8 Mataram, while the research sample was class X students of 2 classes with a purposive sampling technique. Research instruments is test of problem solving skills and test of critical thinking skills. Data analysis was performed with descriptive analysis and to test the hypothesis an anacova test was followed by further test used of Least Significant Difference (LSD). The calculation is aided by the SPSS 14 for Windows program. The results of this research showed that Problem Based Learning affects the problem solving and critical thinking skills. While academic ability (potential) and interaction of learning strategies with academic potential do not affect the problem solving and critical thinking skills of high school students on enviromental topic.

scholarly journals Instructional Exposure of Senior High School Students to Approaches that Promote Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. p1
Author(s):  
Emolyn M. Iringan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
School Students ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Visual Spatial ◽  
Senior High School Students

This descriptive study assessed students’ exposure to activities that promote the acquisition of critical thinking and problem-solving skills. The study involved 150 randomly selected senior high school students. Results reveal that students have a “great extent” of exposure to instruction that promotes the acquisition of the desired mathematics skills, particularly on the content, strategies, assessment, and instructional materials. Students are exposed to a “great extent” to activities that allow them to predict, gather and organize information, derive conclusions, make judgment or decisions, discuss and justify solutions; however, have a “low extent” of exposure to problem posing. Students were exposed to a “very great extent” to the step by step process in dealing with problems. The students have a “great extent” of exposure to problem-solving strategies that promote verbal-logical, visual-spatial, and organizing skills, however, to a low extent in restructuring and rethinking skills. Students’ exposure to the use of manipulatives or mathematical models, calculators, creative pictures and diagrams, worksheets, online materials, creative PowerPoint presentations, varied textbooks, and scholarly materials in mathematics problem solving was to a “great extent” but “low” on the use of mathematics software and videos. Along assessment, students have a “great extent” of exposure to assessment on knowledge, comprehension, application, synthesis, and evaluation skills but to a “low extent” on assessment that requires metacognitive and reflective thinking.

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