scholarly journals READING AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS

2022 ◽  
pp. 655
Author(s):  
Jana Javorcikova ◽  
Mária Badinská
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Community Research ◽  
Adult Readers ◽  
Academic Reading ◽  
University Undergraduates

This study is an analysis of quantitative research conducted in September 2020, based on a 113-respondent sample unit of adult readers in English (100 Slovak and 13 international respondents). Researchers analysed respondents’ abilities to evaluate a text critically; i.e. to identify its assumed author, genre, organization of the text, and the importance of the text for the reader and his or her community. Research outcomes proved that university undergraduates in Slovakia do not possess a good command of critical reading skills for academic reading in four out of five items. International students outscored Slovak students in two items; the research proves the need to intensify preparation of undergraduates in critical thinking in order to fit the needs of a changing society and reading load.

scholarly journals Critical thinking skills of natural science undergraduate students on biology subject: Gender perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Hayati ◽  
Nindha Ayu Berlianti
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Education Study

One of the most important skills needed to face the 21st-century challenges is critical thinking. Gender differences are considered to contribute to the critical thinking skills. The objective of this study was to determine students' critical thinking skills based on gender. This quantitative research involved 57 students of the Natural Sciences Education Study Program, Universitas Hasyim Asy’ari. The instrument employed was critical thinking skills test. The data was analyzed using independent samples t-test. The results showed that the average scores of critical thinking skills of male and female students were 2.60 and 2.99 respectively. In addition, there was significant difference of students’ critical thinking skills between male and female [t (55) = 2.065, p = 0.044]. In conclusion, female students tend to have the higher critical thinking skills than the male.

scholarly journals The need for integration of reading, critical thinking and academic reading skills: a quantitative analysis of Slovak undergraduates’ reading performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-29
Author(s):  
Jana Javorčíková ◽  
Mária Badinská ◽  
Lenka Ližbetinová ◽  
David Brett
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Task Type ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Academic Preparedness ◽  
Academic Reading ◽  
Logical Language

Abstract Based on recent research (Alderson, 2005; Khalifa and Weir, 2009), this study focuses on three areas of reading comprehension necessary for a successful academic career: general L2 EFL reading skills, more specific academic reading skills and critical thinking and reading. The study presents an analysis of quantitative research conducted in 2020, based on a sample of Slovak undergraduate students reading an academic text in English as L2 in EFL CLIL-formatted classes in humanities. The respondents’ general reading skills were analysed in the context of their critical reading skills and academic preparedness. When tested for general reading skills, respondents were asked to identify implicit and explicit information and the gist of the text. Academic abilities were tested via the ability to identify the attributes of an academic text, such as the system of references, rational and logical language and causeeffect type of argumentation, which indicated the author and genre of the text. In order to evaluate participants’ critical skills with a focus on the social aspects of the text, respondents were asked to identify the importance of the text for themselves and for their community and life. The participants’ mean scores and differences in their performances on each task type were compared using descriptive statistics, and multiple analysis of variance. The results suggest that the general reading skills of university undergraduates in Slovakia are adequate, however, more difficulty was encountered with implicit, rather than explicit, tasks. Students also need to improve their critical reading skills and reading for academic purposes. The research outcomes highlight the need to hone the education of future linguists to the new needs of a more text-based society.

scholarly journals Active teaching model to promote critical thinking

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 293-298
Author(s):  
Fábio da Costa Carbogim ◽  
Larissa Bertacchini de Oliveira ◽  
Melina Mafra Toledo ◽  
Flávia Batista Barbosa de Sá Diaz ◽  
Greicy Kelly Gouveia Dias Bittencourt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Teaching Model ◽  
Active Teaching ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Teaching Learning

ABSTRACT Objective: To present the experience of elaboration and implementation of the Active Teaching Model to Promote Critical Thinking (MEAPC), associated to Problem-Based Learning (PBL), for undergraduate students in Nursing. Method: Case report on the experience of the educational intervention (MEAPC + PBL) with undergraduate students in Nursing, in a 20-hour course on Basic Life Support (BLS). The MEAPC was validated by judges to guide the analysis of clinical cases. Critical Thinking (CT) skills were assessed using the California Critical Thinking Skills Test. Result: The educational intervention took place in two phases: elaboration and implementation, allowing not only the production of knowledge about BLS, but also the development of CT and exchange of experiences for teaching-learning. Conclusion: The association of the MEAPC to the PBL in the course of BLS organized the learning, gave opportunity to acquire knowledge and to stimulate the skills of the CT.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of STEM-Based PjBL on Student’s Critical Thinking Skills and Collaborative Attitude

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-228
Author(s):  
Vera Rosalina Bulu ◽  
Femberianus Tanggur
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Homogeneity Test ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Stem Learning ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Normality Test ◽  
Support Students

PjBL and STEM learning models can overcome the lack of critical thinking skills and collaboration. Those learning models involve 4C that support students’ critical thinking skills and collaboration. This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of STEM-based PJBL models on students’ critical thinking skills and collaborative attitudes. This study was quantitative research with a descriptive method. The data had been collected using a critical thinking skills test, collaborative attitude questionnaires, and learning observation guidelines. Before performing data analysis, the researchers performed prerequisite tests consisting of the normality test, homogeneity test, variance-covariance matrix homogeneity test, N-Gain test, and effectiveness test. The basic assumption test results showed that the MANOVA test could be performed. The MANOVA test results revealed that the STEM-based PjBL learning model effectively improved students' critical thinking skills and collaborative attitudes.

scholarly journals CARD GAME TO IMPROVE CRITICAL THINKING

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Gressick ◽  
Joel B. Langston
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Student Understanding ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Social Reasoning ◽  
Classroom Implementation ◽  
Iterative Design

Fostering critical thinking skills is a ubiquitous goal across disciplines and social contexts. Productive solutions to educational, content-based and social problems can emerge through well-reasoned conversation. How best to support the development of these skills has been a topic of debate. In this study, we investigated the design and effectiveness of a card-based game focused on undergraduate student understanding of common fallacies in thinking. 13 Fallacies was designed with the intention of improving students’ reasoning. In our study, we completed an iterative design phase, play testing phase and have collected data on student learning outcomes from two semesters as a result of classroom implementation. Results indicate that 13 Fallacies improved student understanding of common fallacies in thinking and promoted social reasoning for at-risk undergraduate students.

scholarly journals Critical thinking skills: The academic ability, mastering concepts and analytical skill of undergraduate students

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tutut Indria Permana ◽  
Iin Hindun ◽  
Ndzani Latifatur Rofi'ah ◽  
Ardiani Samti Nur Azizah
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Biology Education ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Academic Ability ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Correlated Factors ◽  
Analytical Skill

Science and technology development in the 21st-century has been demanding educators to provide learning activities which stimulate students’ critical thinking skills. This study aimed to find out the correlated factors of the students’ critical thinking skills as well as of which was the strongest determinant in leveling the skills. The subject of this correlational research was 112 undergraduate students in the Department of Biology Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang who took Botany course. There were four variables measured in this study, namely academic ability, mastering concepts, analytical skill, and critical thinking skills. The data of academic ability was obtained from students' cumulative index in the previous semester while the three other variables were measured using final exam test. All of the variables then analyzed using multiple linear regression. The results showed that the three predictor variables (mastering concepts, academic ability, and analytical skill) gave effective contributions toward students’ critical thinking skills, with the percentages of 3.84%, 32.25%, and 54.26% respectively. Therefore, the results of this study could be a basic reference in designing learning process which empower the students’ critical thinking skills.

scholarly journals Rural Student Analysis : Correlation Science Process Skills and Critical Thinking at a State Senior High School in Jambi Province

Ta dib ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Darmaji Darmaji ◽  
Astalini Astalini ◽  
Dwi Agus Kurniawan ◽  
Wita Ardina Putri
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Process Skills ◽  
Science Process Skills

Science process skills and critical thinking skills are skills and abilities that must be possessed by students. So the purpose of this study is to determine the science process skills and students' critical thinking skills in the physics learning process in terms of female gender and male gender. In addition, the purpose of this study is to see how the differences and the relationship between science process skills and students' critical thinking skills are. This type of research is quantitative research with an experimental research design. The population of this study itself is the students of SMAN 6 Batanghari with a total sample of 101 people from class XII IPA1, XII IPA 2 and XII IPA 3. The sample selection technique used is total sampling technique. The instruments used in this study were observation sheets and critical thinking test instruments and interest questionnaire. The data analysis technique used is descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, Correlation hypothesis testing. The results of this study are both science process skills and students' critical thinking skills are in the good category. However, the dominant gender is women who are in the good category with a percentage of 57.6% and men in the good category with a percentage of 51.9%. Meanwhile, for students' critical thinking skills, women were in a good category with a percentage of 59.8 and men in a good category with a percentage of 47.3. There are differences in science process skills and critical thinking skills between men and women. And there is a relationship of 0.357 between science process skills and students' critical thinking skills.

scholarly journals Penerapan Permainan What’s In Here Berbasis Model TGT untuk Menumbuhkan Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Siswa

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Novika Hapsari Susilo ◽  
Arfilia Wijayanti ◽  
Filia Prima Artharina
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Hypothesis Testing ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Fourth Grade ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
T Test ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Team Games ◽  
Normality Test ◽  
Fourth Grade Students

This study aims to determine the application of What 's In Here game based on the Team Games Tournament (TGT) model to foster critical thinking skills of fourth grade students at Gabus 04 SDN Pati. This research is quantitative research. This study uses One Group Pretest-Posttest Design. The population in this study were all fourth grade students at Gabus 04 Pati SDN totaling 31 students in the 2018/2019 school year. The instruments used are (1) Test. (2) Questionnaire, (3) Observation, and (3) Documentation. Data analysis using technical analysis of normality test data, hypothesis testing (t-test), and N-Gain Test. The normality test is used to find out whether the class is normally distributed or not. Hypothesis testing uses the t-test. The N- Gain test is used to calculate students' critical thinking abilities. The results of the research conducted can be concluded that the game What 's In Here can be applied to foster critical thinking skills of fourth grade students at Gabus SDN 04 Pati. This can be seen from the improvement of students' critical thinking skills. Besides that it is reinforced by the results of t-test calculations obtained by tcount for critical thinking skills of 7.232 and ttable of 1.694 because of tcount (7.232)> ttable (1.694), so this shows that the t test of critical thinking skills is significant. While the results of the observations carried out the highest aspects, namely the synthesizing skills of 78.2%.

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