An Active-Learning Approach to Teaching the Undergraduate Psychology and Law Course

1996 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Walker Perry ◽  
Matthew T. Huss ◽  
Bradley D. McAuliff ◽  
Julie M. Galas
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Psychology And Law ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Undergraduate Psychology

This article describes an active-learning approach to teaching an undergraduate psychology and law course specifically designed to improve critical-thinking skills. After reviewing the concepts of active learning and critical thinking, we describe the course and present data and observations regarding its success. Finally, we discuss strategies for handling problems that may arise when teaching a psychology and law course using this approach.

scholarly journals The Effect of Group Reading Strategy on Critical Thinking Skills in Thai EFL University Learners

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-40
Author(s):  
Pasara Namsaeng ◽  
Apisak Sukying
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Time Allocation ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Reading Strategy ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Group Reading

Group Reading Strategy (GRS), a collaborative reading activity, offers individual contributions to a shared goal using an active learning approach. This mixed-methods research examined the effect of GRS on the critical thinking skills of Thai EFL university learners and explored learners’ perceptions of the GRS process. The critical thinking self-assessment questionnaire, a logbook, and semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. The analysis of the quantitative findings revealed that GRS fostered critical thinking skills in Thai EFL university learners. The results also showed that some intrinsic characteristics of critical thinking skills were cultivated before others. Overall, the current study demonstrated an increase in critical thinking skills through the GRS learning process. The qualitative findings revealed that participants held positive opinions regarding the GRS approach to facilitate active learning environments. Specifically, Thai EFL university participants viewed GRS as peer-assisted learning and a collaborative learning approach, which could, in turn, lessen adverse learning factors. However, some factors, including culture, time-allocation for the GRS process, and types of assessment, also influenced the learning process of GRS activities. Overall, this study indicates that GRS could have an impact on Thai EFL university learners’ critical thinking skills, at least to some extent. However, longitudinal studies are still required in future investigations.

scholarly journals Mechatronics: Experiential Learning and the Stimulation of Thinking Skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Maki K. Habib ◽  
Fusaomi Nagata ◽  
Keigo Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Experimental Systems

The development of experiential learning methodologies is gaining attention, due to its contributions to enhancing education quality. It focuses on developing competencies, and build-up added values, such as creative and critical thinking skills, with the aim of improving the quality of learning. The interdisciplinary mechatronics field accommodates a coherent interactive concurrent design process that facilitates innovation and develops the desired skills by adopting experiential learning approaches. This educational learning process is motivated by implementation, assessment, and reflections. This requires synergizing cognition, perception, and behavior with experience sharing and evaluation. Furthermore, it is supported by knowledge accumulation. The learning process with active student’s engagement (participation and investigation) is integrated with experimental systems that are developed to facilitate experiential learning supported by properly designed lectures, laboratory experiments, and integrated with course projects. This paper aims to enhance education, learning quality, and contribute to the learning process, while stimulating creative and critical thinking skills. The paper has adopted a student-centered learning approach and focuses on developing training tools to improve the hands-on experience and integrate it with project-based learning. The developed experimental systems have their learning indicators where students acquire knowledge and learn the target skills through involvement in the process. This is inspired by collaborative knowledge sharing, brainstorming, and interactive discussions. The learning outcomes from lectures and laboratory experiments are synergized with the project-based learning approach to yield the desired promising results and exhibit the value of learning. The effectiveness of the developed experimental systems along with the adopted project-based learning approach is demonstrated and evaluated during laboratory sessions supporting different courses at Sanyo-Onoda City University, Yamaguchi, Japan, and at the American University in Cairo.

The Effect of Brain Based Learning on Improving Students Critical Thinking Ability and Self Regulated

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 162
Author(s):  
Sarifah Sari Maryati ◽  
Irma Purwanti ◽  
Melinda Putri Mubarika
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
School Students ◽  
Critical Thinking Ability ◽  
Thinking Ability ◽  
Brain Based Learning ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Better Than

This research is motivated by the low ability of mathematical critical thinking and Self Regulated Cimahi 10 Public Middle School students, so that a learning approach is needed to overcome these problems. The alternative approach applied is the Brain Based Learning Model approach.The objectives of this researcher are: 1) to examine students' mathematical critical thinking skills; 2) reviewing the Self Regulated attitude of students who obtain Brain Based Learning learning with students who have expository learning; 3) examine there is a positive correlation between Critical Thinking with Self Regulated students who obtain Brain Based Learning and expository learning. The population in this study was grade VII students of SMP Negeri 10 Cimahi. The samples in this study were class VII-B (Brain Based Learning) and class VII-D (expository). The instruments used in this study were the Critical Thinking test and the student's Self Regulated questionnaire. The test used is a subjective type test (description). The way to analyze data is with IBM SPSS Statistics 18.0 for Windows. The results showed that: 1) the mathematical critical thinking ability of students who obtained learning based on the Brain Based Learning approach was better than students who gained expository learning; 2) Self Regulated  attitude, students who get Brain Based Learning are better than students who get expository approach learning; 3) there is no correlation between critical thinking with Self Regulated students who obtain Brain Based Learning and expository learning.

Prediction of Performance in an Academic Course by Scores on Measures of Learning Style and Critical Thinking

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 595-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernadette M. Gadzella ◽  
Dean W. Ginther ◽  
G. Wendell Bryant
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Deep Processing ◽  
Psychology Courses ◽  
Undergraduate Psychology

Three scores were used to predict how 38 students who received A grades and 25 students who received C grades in introductory psychology courses differed in learning style and critical thinking skills. The subjects were 63 students enrolled in undergraduate psychology classes with one instructor. Students were given course outlines, test schedules, and scores on their tests and reports and computed their own course standing throughout the semester. At the beginning of the semester, students responded to the Inventory of Learning Processes and Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal. Ten scores on the two inventories were analyzed by discriminant function analysis which showed that the combination of the three test scores: Deep Processing and Methodical Study (from the Inventory of Learning Processes) and the Total Critical Thinking (from the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal) correctly classified 84.2% of the students with A grades and 68.0% of the students with C grades.

scholarly journals THE EFFECTS OF MODEL PROJECT-BASED LEARNING APPROACH ON STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATIC) ON SCIENCE LEARNING TO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT’S CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND COOPERATIVE SKILLS

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-10
Author(s):  
Riyani Septi Indriyana ◽  
Susilowati Susilowati
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Science Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Model Project

The research aimed to (1) analyzes the effects of model project-based learning approach on  STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematic) on science learning to junior high school student’s critical thinking skills and cooperative skills, and (2) analyze how the effects of model project-based learning approach on STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematic) on science learning to junior high school student’s critical thinking skills and cooperative skills. The research was quasi-experimental with a non-equivalent control group design. The population was eighth-grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Berbah. The sample of the study was selected with cluster random sampling techniques and obtained grade-VIII B as an experimental class and grade-VIII C as a control class. Learning in the experimental class with a project-based learning model was STEM-oriented and the control class used a scientific approach. The data were pretest and posttest of critical thinking and observation sheets of cooperation. The analysis used the normality test, homogeneity test, MANOVA  test, and effect size. The results showed that (1) there was an effect of project based learning model on STEM approach on critical thinking skills and cooperative skills of students of SMP Negeri 1 Berbah, (2) the effect of science learning project based learning model on STEM approach on critical thinking and collaborative skill was on medium category.

scholarly journals Model pembelajaran auditory intellectually repetition terhadap peningkatan kemampuan berpikir kritis matematis siswa

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-93
Author(s):  
Madi Amin ◽  
Muliana Muliana ◽  
Rohantizani Rohantizani
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
P Value ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Critical Thinking Ability ◽  
Thinking Ability ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Scientific Learning

The purpose of this study was to determine the mathematical critical thinking ability of students who were taught using the Auditory Intellectually Repetition learning model was better than the mathematical critical thinking skills of students who were taught through a scientific learning approach. This study uses a quantitative approach and the type of research used is quasi-experimental research. The population in this study were 11th grade students of SMA Negeri 5 Simeulue Barat, the samples in this study were two classes selected using a nonprobability sampling technique of purposive sampling type, namely class 11 IPA-1 as an experimental class using the Auditory Intellectually Repetition model and class 11 IPA-2 as a control class using a scientific approach. The data processing technique uses SPSS version 25 with the results of the study showing that: the value of Sig (p-value) > 0.05), it is accepted that it is 0.629 in the experimental class and 0.273 in the control class so that the data has a normal distribution. The t-test analysis of students' mathematical critical thinking skills was obtained 0.001 < 0.05, then Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. This means that the mathematical critical thinking ability of students who are taught with the Auditory Intellectually Repetition learning model is better than the mathematical critical thinking skills of students who are taught with a scientific learning approach.

scholarly journals Improving Students' Critical Thinking Ability through Learning Local History of Tanggomo with Contextual Teaching and Learning Approach at SMAN 03 Gorontalo

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 606-614
Author(s):  
Djulia Indriani AH Mahmud ◽  
Warto Warto
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Local History ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Learning History ◽  
History Learning ◽  
Contextual Teaching

This study aims to determine the relevance of local history learning to increasing critical thinking skills. Today's critical thinking skills have become the main ability students must have, but the history learning application which still tends to focus on improving students' cognitive by requiring students to memorize historical facts, makes students not have the opportunity to think critically. The lack of discussion of local history is also a problem in itself for learning history, even though local history can help students find meaning in learning history by examining events that are close to the student's environment. This study used a quasi-experimental method with a two-group pretest and posttest design. The results obtained indicate that historical learning that integrates local history using a contextual teaching and learning approach can improve students' critical thinking skills, this can be proven by the t test which was carried out by obtaining a significance of 0.00 <0.05, meaning that there is a significant and positive influence on history learning. local to improve students' critical thinking skills.

scholarly journals Using Literature and Innovative Assessments to Ignite Interest and Cultivate Critical Thinking Skills in an Undergraduate Neuroscience Course

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen Lynd-Balta
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Reform Initiatives ◽  
Moral Issues ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Scientific Topic

Science education reform initiatives emphasize 1) the value of concepts over facts; 2) the benefits of open-ended, inquiry-based problem-solving rather than protocols leading to a single correct answer; and 3) the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to teaching that is not confined by departmental boundaries. Neuroscientists should be at the forefront of this movement by the very nature of the discipline we study. Neuroscience is a relatively new field that integrates diverse subjects (anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, molecular biology, computer science, and psychology) and experimental advances are constantly changing and expanding our understanding of brain function. How can we convey this excitement in the classroom? The project described in this article uses nonscientific literature to introduce a scientific topic of study. In addition, the multitask assignment requires the acquisition of content knowledge and the development of critical thinking skills. As students explore the topic from multiple perspectives, they recognize the interconnectedness of science and society and confront ethical and moral issues related to science. A comparison of exam scores, essay responses, engagement level, as well as students' own reflections, demonstrates that inclusion of the project does not sacrifice content knowledge, rather it enhances the overall learning process.

Developing Critical Thinking through the Study of Paranormal Phenomena

1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 275-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Wesp ◽  
Kathleen Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Student Ratings ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Ideal Medium

Accounts of popular paranormal phenomena can serve as an ideal medium in which to encourage students to develop their critical’ thinking skills. This article describes a cooperative-learning approach used to teach critical thinking in a course on paranormal events. Critical-thinking skills increased; the course and many of its components received high student ratings.

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