Developing Critical Thinking: A Case Study of Teaching a Hemingway Story

English Literature is generally taught at tertiary level in Bangladesh to develop the critical and analytical ability of students, so as to enable them to develop their own evaluation and assessment of texts studied in classrooms. Such assumption often proves in vain, because even tertiary level students depend more on their cognitive capacity rather than their creative ability. Thus the ability of a student to think critically seldom grows because critical thinking (ct) is a faculty which only increases with practice and concentration. This paper endeavors to explore critical thinking ability as an important aspect of pedagogy which further enables a learner to be self-confident and inspirational in using his/her acquired knowledge both in the academy as well as in real life situations. The main focus of the paper is the traditional or classical process of literature study in classroom situations we usually practice in this part of the world to develop the psychology, thought process, and maturity of a learner. Literature is thought to have the power to develop or to create curiosity in learners in finding out the critical situation of real world. Again literature is believed to be a collection of characters, reflection of real life, absurdity, and the hundreds and thousands of problems and solutions to be encountered by a learner everyday which develops the faculty in learners to adjust or overcome hurdles in real life. Thus the paper through the analysis of a popular American short story A Clean, Well-Lighted Place by Ernest Hemingway tries to address the problems and solutions related to the teaching/development of critical thinking ability. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/iiucs.v7i0.12255 IIUC Studies Vol.7 2011: 9-24

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Cultivation of Students’ Critical Thinking Ability through CLIL Mixed Teaching Model—A Case Study of “An Introduction to English Literature”

Proceedings of the 2019 3rd International Conference on Education, Economics and Management Research (ICEEMR 2019) ◽

10.2991/assehr.k.191221.159 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Shaojun Duan*

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

English Literature ◽

Teaching Model ◽

Critical Thinking Ability ◽

Thinking Ability

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Peningkatan Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Peserta Didik Pada Materi Termokimia Di Sma Pekanbaru Melalui Penerapan Strategi Pembelajaran Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL)

Talenta Conference Series Science and Technology (ST) ◽

10.32734/st.v2i2.536 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Maria Erna ◽

R. Usman Rery ◽

Wiji Astuti ◽

Sulismayati

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

Inquiry Learning ◽

Guided Inquiry ◽

Test Technique ◽

Critical Thinking Ability ◽

High Category ◽

Thinking Ability ◽

Process Oriented ◽

Academic Year ◽

Very High

Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui peningkatan kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa pada mata pelajaran Termokimia melalui penerapan strategi Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) (POGIL) di kelas 11 SMAN 8 Pekanbaru. Penelitian ini menggunakan One Group Pretest-Posttest Design yang diadakan di SMAN 8 Pekanbaru pada tahun akademik 2017/2018. Objek penelitian adalah XI MIA 1 yang terdiri dari 32 siswa. Pengumpulan data siswa menggunakan teknik tes pretest dan posttest. Keberhasilan pembelajaran dalam meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa ditunjukkan oleh peningkatan kriteria berpikir kritis dari hasil pretest dan posttest yang menganalisis persentase skor berpikir kritis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada peningkatan kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa. Siswa mengalami peningkatan dari kategori berpikir kritis sangat rendah ke kategori sangat tinggi dengan persentase 15,625%, dari kategori rendah ke kategori sangat tinggi adalah 40,625%, dari kategori rata-rata ke kategori sangat tinggi adalah 9,375%, dari kategori sangat rendah hingga kategori tinggi adalah 12,5%, dan dari kategori rendah ke kategori tinggi adalah 21,875%. Berdasarkan analisis data, dapat disimpulkan bahwa penerapan strategi Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) mampu meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa pada mata pelajaran Termokimia di SMAN 8 Pekanbaru. The research was held to determine the improvement of student’s critical thinking ability on Thermochemistry subject through implementation of Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) strategy at 11th Grade of SMAN 8 Pekanbaru. This research used One Group Pretest-Posttest Design which held in SMAN 8 Pekanbaru at academic year of 2017/2018. The object of research is XI MIA 1 that consist of 32 students. The data collection of students used test technique which are pretest and posttest. The success of learning in improvement of student’s critical thinking ability is showed by improvement of criteria of critical thinking from pretest and posttest results that analyzed the score percentage of critical thinking. The result of research showed that there was an improvement of student’s critical thinking ability. The students have an increase from the very low category of critical thinking to very high category with percentage of 15,625%, from low category to very high category is 40,625%, from average category to very high category is 9,375%, from very low category to high category is 12,5%, and from low category to high category is 21,875%. Based on data analyze, it can be concluded that implementation of Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) strategy is able to improve student’s critical thinking ability on Thermochemistry subject at SMAN 8 Pekanbaru.

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CONCEPT-BASED LEARNING DAN KEMAMPUAN BERFIKIR KRITIS MATEMATIS

ALGORITMA Journal of Mathematics Education ◽

10.15408/ajme.v2i1.16314 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Maifalinda Fatra ◽

A Rizki ◽

Tita Khalis Maryati

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

Mathematics Learning ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Thinking Skills ◽

Learning Model ◽

Critical Thinking Skills ◽

Control Group ◽

Simple Explanation ◽

Critical Thinking Ability ◽

Thinking Ability

Mathematical Critical thinking is one of mathematical abilities that must be obtained by students. Critical thinking is one of the high order thinking processes that can make concepts in student knowledge. Students with critical thinking in mathematics learning mostly do rational activities such as interpreting information based on a particular theoretical framework, linking theory with practice, making claims and justifying it, utilizing data in support of argumentation, making relations or relationships between various ideas, asking questions, evaluating knowledge, predict, describe something, analyze, synthesize, and categorize. This study aims to analyze the effect of the Concept-Based Learning Model on the critical thingking mathematical abilities.The purpose of this research is to analyze the effect of Concept-Based Learning Model toward mathematics critical thinking ability. The method used in this research is quasi experiment by Randomize Control Group Post Test Only Design with cluster random sampling technique. Indicators of mathematics critical thinking skills measured in this study include providing simple explanations, building basic skills, concluding, making more explanations, and deciding an action. The results showed that the mathematics critical thinking ability of students in the experimental class for the five indicators that being analyze was higher than the ability of students in the control class. A fairly high difference in the indicator showed in give a simple explanation and concluding. and it means that the application of Concept-Based Learning Model significantly influences the abilities of students' mathematics critical thinking.

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KECEMASAN MATEMATIKA DAN KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR KRITIS MATEMATIS SISWA DI SEKOLAH MENENGAH PERTAMA

ALGORITMA Journal of Mathematics Education ◽

10.15408/ajme.v2i1.16312 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Faiq Zulfikar Hadi ◽

Maman Fathurrohman ◽

Cecep Anwar Hadi

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

Junior High School ◽

Mathematics Anxiety ◽

Math Anxiety ◽

Junior High ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

High Anxiety ◽

Critical Thinking Ability ◽

Thinking Ability ◽

And Mathematics

This research is conducted by the low mathematics critical thinking ability of students in junior high schools, especially in VII grade .Students of VII grade commonly are transitioning from elementary school to junior high school could be a reason how low students of VII grade on mathematic critical thingking ability. The low ability mathematics critical thingking one of caused by mathematics anxiety. This study aims to find a relationship between math anxiety and mathematics critical thinking ability of VII grade at SMPN 5 Serang City. The method of this research is quantitative descriptive by making 110 students from VII grade as a sample. The data were collected using questionnaire and test. The result of this study indicate that 1) the ammount of correlation between math anxiety with critical thingking ability is -0,5991> rs table 0,1695, which means there is a significant and negative relationship between anxiety and critical thingking ability 2) the average of students’s mathematics critical thingking ability is different where score between students with low anxiety have a better score than student with mid anxiety and low anxiety,and students with mid anxiety have a better score than students with high anxiety, and students with mid anxiety have a better score than students with high anxiety.

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