scholarly journals What is critical thinking? A longitudinal study with teacher candidates

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 495
Author(s):  
Serap Yılmaz Özelçi ◽  
Gürbüz Çalışkan
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
The World ◽  
Individual Decisions ◽  
Over Time

<span>Critical thinking skills that enhance the ability of individuals to understand and make sense of the world and events and situations around them are one of the foremost research areas in the educational system of various countries. As a critical thinking individual, decisions made by the teacher in his/her class, the activities he/she has performed and the explicit and implicit messages given by him/her to the class are clearly observed by the students. It is believed that the situation of teachers’ having critical thinking skills and critical thinking personality effects on students' perceptions and achievements about critical thinking. In this context, the aim of the research is to determine the perceptions of the teacher candidates about critical thinking and to observe the changes in these perceptions over time. Interviews were held with 11 prospective teachers for two times for 4 years and their thoughts on critical thinking were examined. According to the findings obtained, the thoughts of the teacher candidates regarding the critical thinking do not change over time but they are not seen enough. Teacher candidates make decisions with emotional references and they are reluctant to inquire and research.</span>

scholarly journals Problem-based learning supported by arguments scaffolding that affect critical thinking teacher candidates

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 2956-2969
Author(s):  
Budi Cahyono ◽  
Kartono Kartono ◽  
Budi Waluya ◽  
Mulyono Mulyono ◽  
Rina Dwi Setyawati
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Personality Type ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Argumentation Scaffolding ◽  
And Gender

This study aims to determine the effect of the PBL model with argumentation scaffolding on changes in the critical thinking of teacher candidates’ teachers in terms of personality type and gender. This research is quasi-experimental research with one group pretest-posttest design. 28 prospective teachers who take the algebraic structure course are the samples of this study. Critical thinking skills scores were analysed descriptively and statistically with normality test and paired t-test. The results showed that the application of PBL with argumentation scaffolding was effective in increasing the critical thinking of prospective teachers from the criteria of "less critical" to "critical enough" and the n-gain results were categorized as moderate when viewed from the aspect of personality type. and gender. The existence of differences in critical thinking that is influenced by gender and personality type is a research finding that must be considered to determine the learning model.          Keywords: Problem-based learning, gender, critical thinking, personality type

scholarly journals Development of Physics Edutainment Website to Improve Students’ Critical Thinking Skills During the Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-22
Author(s):  
Sania Salsabila ◽  
Abd. Kholiq
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Validity Data ◽  
Physics Learning ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media ◽  
Is Development

During the Covid-19 pandemic that swept the world including Indonesia, and to improve students' critical thinking skills, it is necessary to have supporting media in the learning process as an edutainment website. This study intends to determine the validity of the edutainment website developed in physics lessons to improve student's critical thinking skills. The research method used is development research with the DDD-E model. This research was only limited to media development, and no practicality and effectiveness tests were carried out. In this study, the validity data were obtained from the results of validation by expert and were analyzed by descriptive quantitative using the category of Likert scale percentage. If the percentage of each aspect is ≥ 61%, then the edutainment website developed can be declared valid. The results of this study are the percentage of validity in the learning aspect of 90.30%, the material aspect of 90.56%, the media aspect of 88.65%, and the critical thinking aspect of 84.70%. Based on this, it can be concluded that the edutainment website is very valid so that it can be used as a physics learning media to improve students' critical thinking skills. The edutainment website can be an alternative learning media by utilizing information technology and hopefully in further research, it can apply edutainment website and perform practicality and effectiveness tests for learning both in class and distance learning

scholarly journals Penerapan Model Pembelajaran Problem Based Learning untuk Mengukur Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Mahasiswa Calon Guru pada Mata Kuliah Psikologi Pendidikan

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Uus Toharudin ◽  
Iwan Setia Kurniawan
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Group 2 ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Group 1

This study aims to determine the critical thinking skills of prospective teachers of biology at Pasundan University in the course of educational psychology. Implementation of Problem Based Learning learning model aims to measure students' critical thinking skills. The method used in this study is a quasi-experimental design with Randomized Control Group Posttest, data obtained based on the analysis, the data is described to obtain information or a description of the results of this research. The population in this study were 104 students, the sample in this study were 39 students for the experimental group-1 and 39 students for the experimental group-2. Data collected test data obtained from the test results of students who are given a score based on the indicators. results of research show that the critical thinking skills of prospective teachers of biology in educational psychology courses including category sufficient for the experimental group-1 and category well for the experimental group-2. The average score of the experimental group-1 amounted to 2.73, and the average score of the experimental group-2 by 3.05. Indicators of critical thinking skills at the highest indicator 3 (I-3) with an average of 3.38 for the experimental group-1 and 3.41 for the experimental group-2. Indicators of critical thinking skills are the lowest in two indicators (I-2) that is equal to 2.23 for the experimental group-1 and 2.74 for the experimental group-2. The average percentage of absorption problems in the experimental group-1 amounted to 51.25%, while the experimental group-2 amounted to 57.21%. The results of significance test p-value (0.008). Based on the significance of the test results can be concluded that the experimental group-2 has the critical thinking skills is better than the experimental group-1.

scholarly journals Determinan Adversity Quotient dan Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Dengan Stres Pada Mahasiswa Yang Sudah Bekerja

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Riris Andriati ◽  
Fenita Purnama Sari Indah ◽  
Renti Yunita
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Health Science ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Probability Sampling ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
The World

The incidence of stress was quite high, reaching more than 350 million people in the world and ranked 4th in the world. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between adversity quotient and critical thinking ability with stress on nursing students in the Widya Dharma Husada Tangerang School of Health Science who are already working. The method of this research was analytic study with a cross sectional approach. The number of samples was 96 students at Widya Dharma Husada Tangerang School of Health Science in 2020. Sampling used non-probability sampling techniques with purposive sampling. The results showed that respondents had a moderate adversity quotient of 48 respondents (50%) and respondents who think critically are not good as many as 61 respondents (63,5%). Statistical test results obtained the, then it can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between adversity quotient with stress (p-value = 0.004) and critical thinking skills with stress (p-value = 0.015) Keywords:Adversity QuotientCritical thinkingStressABSTRAKAngka kejadian stres tergolong cukup tinggi memperoleh lebih dari 350 juta penduduk di dunia dan berada di peringkat ke-4 penyakit di dunia. Tujuan Penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan adversity quotient dan kemampuan berpikir kritis dengan stres pada mahasiswa program b keperawatan di STIKes Widya Dharma Husada Tangerang yang sudah bekerja. Metode Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Jumlah sampel sebanyak 96 mahasiswa di STIKes Widya Dharma Husada Tangerang Tahun 2020. Pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik non probability sampling dengan purposive sampling. Hasil penelitian diperoleh bahwa responden memiliki adversity quotient sedang sebanyak 48 responden (50%), responden yang berpikir kritis kurang baik sebanyak 61 responden (63,5%). Hasil uji statistik diperoleh, maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada hubungan yang signifikan antara adversity quotient dengan stres (p-value=0,004), dan kemampuan berpikir kritis dengan stres (p-value=0,015). Kata Kunci: Adversity QuotientKemampuan Berpikir Kritis,Stres

scholarly journals An Analysis Of Mathematics Teacher Candidates Critical Thinking Dispositions And Their Logical Thinking Skills

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lutfi Incikabi ◽  
Abdulkadir Tuna ◽  
Abdullah Cagri Biber
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
School Type ◽  
Logical Thinking ◽  
Thinking Dispositions ◽  
Critical Thinking Dispositions

This study aimed toinvestigate the existence of the relationship between mathematics teachercandidates critical thinking skills and their logical thinking dispositions interms of the variables of grade level in college, high school type, and gender.The current study utilized relational survey model and included a total of 99mathematics teacher candidates from the department of elementary mathematicseducation at a university in Turkey. Among the results of the study were thatmathematics teacher candidates had a low level of logical thinking skills andcritical thinking dispositions; mathematics teacher candidates logicalthinking skills were improved from second grade to third grade level whiletheir critical thinking skills did not change considerably by the grade level;mathematics teacher candidates critical thinking abilities did not affectconsiderably by the high school type that were graduated from while regularhigh school graduates possessed lower level of logical thinking abilities thanthe others; a weak and negatively directed correlation between mathematicsteacher candidates critical thinking dispositions and their logical thinkingskills was evident.

scholarly journals Analysis of Students' Critical Thinking Improvement in Teaching Inquiry with Cognitive Conflict Strategies

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 122
Author(s):  
Ni Nyoman Sri Putu Verawati ◽  
Hikmawati Hikmawati
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Private University ◽  
Cognitive Conflict ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Inquiry Teaching ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Conflict Strategies ◽  
Teaching Inquiry

This study aimed to analyze the improvement of students' critical thinking skills in teaching inquiry with cognitive conflict strategies. Quasi experiments were conducted in this study. The research sample was twenty students as physics teacher candidates at a private university in West Nusa Tenggara - Indonesia. The critical thinking skills test instrument in the form of essay questions is used to measure students' critical thinking skills. The analysis of increasing of critical thinking skills was analyzed descriptively with the n-gain equation, and the difference in critical thinking skills between the pretest and posttest using a pair t-test which was preceded by homogeneity and normality tests. The results of the n-gain analysis showed that the increase in students' critical thinking scores was in the moderate category. Qualitatively, the increase in scores from pretest to posttest in a row is from not critically to enough critically. The results of this study imply that inquiry teaching with cognitive conflict strategies has the potential to be implemented in classroom teaching for the purpose of improving students' critical thinking skills.

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