The Impact of Teaching Critical Thinking Skills on Reading Comprehension of Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 1869 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lotfollah Karimi ◽  
Farshad Veisi
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

the purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of teaching critical thinking skills on reading comprehension of Iranian intermediate EFL learners. A sample of 50 students from Arshia Language Institute in Ilam, Iran participated in this study. They were both male and female students who were selected among 80 students based on their performances on PET. The participants were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. First, the two groups were exposed to the pre-test of reading comprehension in order to evaluate their knowledge on reading before the treatment. Based on scores obtained from the Pre-test, no significance differences were observed between two groups. After that the treatment was started and the experimental group was exposed to teaching critical thinking skills. Meanwhile, traditional methods of teaching reading comprehension were used for teaching reading comprehension to the control group. Finally, post-test of reading comprehension was delivered to both groups at the end of treatment to check possible differences.  To analyze the collected data, ANCOVA was run using SPSS Software Version 16. The results showed that teaching critical thinking skills positively affect reading comprehension of intermediate EFL learners, but the interaction of gender and teaching critical thinking was not significant.

scholarly journals Guided discovery model: An alternative to enhance students’ critical thinking skills and critical thinking dispositions

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Hastuti Noer
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Guided Discovery ◽  
Thinking Dispositions ◽  
Critical Thinking Dispositions ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

This current study aimed to determine the effectiveness of the guided discovery model in increasing students' critical thinking skills and critical thinking dispositions. Each experiment and control group consisted of 34 students of grade X of one high school class in Bandar Lampung city. The data were obtained through mathematical critical thinking skills test and critical thinking dispositions scale. The data were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively to obtain a comprehensive description of the impact of learning on the increase in both skills. The results showed that the increase of students’ critical thinking skills and critical thinking dispositions after learning was in the effective category. Other finding showed that the use of a contextual problem in the beginning of learning could trigger students to activate their prior knowledge. In this way, students used some strategies and made an appropriate conclusion confidently. This study suggested that the guided discovery model can be an alternative to improve students' critical thinking skills and critical thinking dispositions.

scholarly journals MODUL VIRTUAL BERBASIS INKUIRI TERBIMBING UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR KRITIS

EDUSAINS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-69
Author(s):  
Rifqi Pratama
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Guided Inquiry ◽  
Critical Thinking Ability ◽  
Thinking Ability ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Control

VIRTUAL MODULE BASED ON GUIDED INQUIRY TO IMPROVE CRITICAL THINKING ABILITY AbstractThe use of virtual module was aimed to develop students’ independent learning that may lead to their critical thinking ability. Guided inquiry is a model that directs students to find facts through existing data and through experimental results. Guided inquiry-based virtual module was then developed in order to systematically help students to increase their critical thinking, particularly in the concept of thermochemical material. This study uses control group pretest-posttest design. Students' critical thinking skills are measured through learning outcomes. Based on the results of the analysis using the Mann-Whitney test there are differences on the students’ ability in the experimental class and control class. While students of both class shows an increase in their critical thinking, students of the experiment class show more effective in dealing with the improvement. Therefore, it is summarized that guided inquiry-based virtual learning can improve students' critical thinking skills.  AbstrakModul virtual adalah sebuah bahan ajar yang disajikan untuk peserta didik agar dapat belajar secara mandiri yang disusun secara sistematis untuk mencapai tujuan pembelajaran tertentu yang disajikan ke dalam format elektronik yang di dalamnya terdapat animasi, simulasi, gambar, serta navigasi yang membuat pengguna lebih interaktif, aktif, inovatif, dan menyenangkan dalam proses belajar yang mana dapat mengarahkan peserta didik agar berpikir secara kritis. Inkuiri terbimbing merupakan model yang mengarahkan peserta didik menemukan fakta melalui data yang ada serta melalui hasil eksperimen. Modul virtual berbasiskan model ini digunkan didalam proses belajar untuk meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir kritis peserta didik pada materi Termokimia. Penelitian ini menggunakan Control group pre test-post test design. Kemampuan berpikir kritis peserta didik diukur melalui hasil belajar. Berdasarkan hasil analisis dengan menggunakan uji Mann-Whitney terdapat perbedaan pada kelas eksperimen yang diajarkan menggunakan dengan modul virtual berbasis inkuiri terbimbing dengan kelas kontrol yang menggunakan pembelajaran inkuiri terbimbing tanpa modul virtual. Hasil analisis menunjukkan masing-masing kelas terdapat peningkatan dalam berpikir kritis tetapi pada kelas eksperimen peningkatan kemampuan berpikir kritis lebih efektif dari kelas kontrol, maka pembelajaran dengan modul virtual berbasis  inkuiri terbimbing dapat meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir kritis peserta didik. 

scholarly journals The Impact Of Application Of Value Clarification Technique (VCT) Towards Ecoliteracy And Critical Thinking Skill Student Of Social Science In Primary School

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-46
Author(s):  
Dadang Iskandar ◽  
Deasy Rahmawati ◽  
Acep Roni Hamdani
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the application of Value Clarification Technique (VCT) to ecoliteracy and critical thinking skills of elementary school students in learning Social Science. The method used in this study is a quasi experimental design with non-equivalent control group design, using the two study groups. Subjects in this study were students of class IVSDN Cijerah Indah, Bandung Kulon District Bandung City. The experimental group was given the treatment of learning Value Clarification Technique (VCT) and the control group was given conventional learning. The results showed that in general there is a difference between learners ecoliteracy experimental class and control class and critical thinking skills among learners experimental class and control class after each class has been getting treatment that has been set.

TEACHING READING BY UTILIZING HOT POTATOES SOFTWARE TOWARD STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Abdullah Farih
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
And Control

The objective of this study is to measure whether there is or not significant effect of teaching reading by utilizing Hot Potatoes software toward students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text. The variables used were the teaching treatment of Hot Potatoes Software as the independent variable and the students’ reading comprehension of Descriptive Text as dependent variable. Then, the research designed was Quasi-experimental design and the presentation of data used was quantitative. The data were obtained from the eleventh grade, of which 28 students were taken as sample. The students are divided into two groups; experiment group consisted of 12 students and control group consists of 16 students. To get the data, the pre-test and post-test were applied and then analyzed using t-test formula. The researcher had concluded that there is Significant effect of Hot Potatoes Software toward the students’ reading comprehension achievement. The result showed that mean of students’ post-test was increased. It is proved by the t-test (8.54) which is higher than t-table (2.05) at level of significance 5%. It means that the alternative hypothesis was accepted and it proved that Hot Potatoes Software had significant effect toward students’ reading comprehension of Descriptive Text

scholarly journals ACTUATING READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH GENRE-BASED DIRECTED READING THINKING ACTIVITIES (G-BDRTA) VIEWED FROM CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 402
Author(s):  
Ahmad Hanan ◽  
Muhammad Muhlisin ◽  
Taufik Suadiyatno
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Equivalent Control ◽  
Directed Reading ◽  
Reading Activities ◽  
Student Team

The significance of reading comprehension for learners’ English mastery makes English teachers need to help learners to activate their background knowledge related to texts being read and promote the use of reading techniques. In this study, researchers applied the genre-based directed reading thinking activities (G-BDRTA). Genres here are oriented to provide learners with various text types for reading activities. Consequently, this study was aimed at actuating learners’ reading comprehension through genre-based directed reading thinking activities (G-BDRTA) viewed from critical thinking skills. This study was classified as an experimental study using non-equivalent control group design. This study was conducted at SMAN 1 Lingsar. There were 62 learners involved in this study. The learners were divided into two groups and each group embraces 31 learners. One group becomes an experimental group which is subjected to the G-BDRTA strategy and the other group is subjected to the control group treated using student-team-learning (STL) strategy. To find out the data, researchers used a reading test and critical thinking test as research instruments. Then, the data were analyzed using Two-Way-ANOVA. Based on the data analysis, there is a significant effect of G-BDRTA strategy on students’ reading comprehension viewed from critical thinking skills.

scholarly journals The Effect of Speed Reading on Students’ Reading Comprehension

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-22
Author(s):  
Dadan Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Research Finding ◽  
Research Method ◽  
The Other ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Speed Reading ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Control

This research investigated the effect of speed reading on students’ reading comprehension. The writer used quantitative as the research method and used the quasi experiment as a research design. The writer used experimental class to imply the speed reading method and control group for the other technique in teaching reading. For collecting the data the writer gave the pre – test for experimental and control group, then administrated the treatment for experiment class , finally the researcher administrated the post – test to find out the improvement of speed reading method for the student . Based on the writer interpretation it is concluded that hypothesis is accepted.it is suggested that the teacher should imply the speed reading method in teaching reading because research finding proved that speed reading gave more improvement in reading comprehension that the other technique in teaching reading and the speed reading method was more interesting than conventional method.

scholarly journals The Use of Pocket Mobile Learning to Improve Critical Thinking Skills in Physics Learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Irnin Agustina Dwi Astuti ◽  
Dasmo Dasmo ◽  
Nurullaeli Nurullaeli
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Physics Learning ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Independent Variable

The aims of the research concerned here were to the influence of using pocket mobile learning on improvement in students critical thinking skills. Pocket mobile learning is a learning media using mobile devices. This research is the quasy experiment using post test only for control group design.The independent variable is learning media in which the control group applied powerpoint, while the trearment group applied mobile pocket learning. The  research  data  were  analyzed  by  means  of  ANOVA  with  the  significance  level  of  5%.  Based on analysis and research results can be concluded that pocket mobile learning media of specifically physics material about dynamics of motion could improve students critical thinking skills.

scholarly journals The Impact of Using the First and Third Parts of the Cort Program on the Development of Critical Thinking for Talented Students in Tafila Governorate

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Dr. Jehad .Abed Rabbo
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teacher Competencies ◽  
Talented Students ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

This study aims to examine the impact of using some of the skills of the (CoRT) program on the development of critical thinking skills among a sample of talented students in King Abdullah II School of Excellence in Tafila Governorate. The sample consisted of 60 male and female students randomly selected. They were divided into two groups: an experimental group that consisted of 30 students exposed to the acquisition of the skills of the CoRT program and the control group that consisted of 30 students who did not study the program. The Watson Glaser critical thinking test was also applied. The results shows a statistically significant effect, at (α≤ 0.05), in improving the critical thinking skills of the students of the experimental group and shows a statistically significant effect on the test of critical thinking skills due to the variable of educational level and for the favor of the ninth grade. The study also reveals that there were no statistically significant differences in the test of critical thinking skills in relation to the the gender variable. The researcher recommends developing the teacher competencies to teach the skills of thinking in general and critical thinking skills, in particular, through the conducting of courses, seminars, and workshops in the CoRT program.

scholarly journals PENGARUH TUTOR SEBAYA DALAM PEMBELAJARAN PROBLEM BASED LEARNING TERHADAP KETERAMPILAN BERPIKIR KRITIS FISIKA SISWA SMA

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Evi Durotun Nasihah ◽  
Supeno Supeno ◽  
Albertus Djoko Lesmono
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Peer Tutoring ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Collaborative Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact

The application of problem based learning in the classroom often experiences obstacles, primarily to teach high-level thinking skills, such as critical thinking skills. To overcome these obstacles, in this study we tried the use of peer tutors to guide their friends in a collaborative group when solving problems. This study aims to describe the impact of peer tutoring in problem-based learning on the critical thinking skills of high school physics students. This type of research is a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest control group design. The sample of this research is class X MIPA 3 and X MIPA 4 SMAN 4 Jember. One class was given treatment using problem-based learning accompanied by peer tutoring, while one other class only used problem-based learning. Data about critical thinking skills were obtained from the posttest at the end of learning which was then analyzed using the Independent Sample T-test on SPSS 23. The statistical test results stated that there were differences between the average values of the experimental class and the control class. Thus, it is concluded that peer tutoring in the problem-based learning model has a significant effect on critical thinking skills. The essential aspect of thinking skills with the highest value lies in interpreting skills.

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