Critical Thinking and Physics Problems

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
Anna Trúsiková ◽  
Klára Velmovská
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Physics Problems

Critical thinking is considered to be one of the most important abilities which help us to solve problems, interpret information or make decisions in everyday life. Every person needs to use critical thinking, therefore, it is important to develop students` critical thinking in all classes including Physics. We summarize various definitions of critical thinking and we describe the survey, where students solve problems whose solution requires critical thinking. We compare students` results to see if they can solve problems without physics content with better successfulness than the problems with physics content and to see how the school attendance impacts its development.

Critical Thinking and Physics Problems

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-126
Author(s):  
Anna Trúsiková ◽  
Klára Velmoská
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Physics Problems

Critical thinking is considered to be one of the most important abilities which help us to solve problems, interpret information or make decisions in everyday life. Every person needs to use critical thinking, therefore, it is important to develop students' critical thinking in all classes including Physics. We summarize various definitions of critical thinking and we describe the survey, where students solve problems whose solution requires critical thinking. We compare students' results to see if they can solve problems without physics content with better successfulness than the problems with physics content and to see how the school attendance impacts its development.

Putting Across Tangibility

2018 ◽  
pp. 211-225
Author(s):  
Dieu Hack-Polay
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Organisational Behaviour ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
The Subject

This chapter examines a case study-approach to teaching organisational behaviour. It explains the effectiveness of the use of case study in teaching the subject which is often termed theoretical and complex. The chapter advocates that the use of real life organisational cases can make the learning and teaching process more tangible and contribute to the development of critical thinking. The chapter specifically supports the view that there are aspects of organisational behaviour that are visible in both everyday life of individuals and groups. If lecturers could bring this up in the delivery of the OB curriculum, the learners, who are future managers and supervisors, could connect the learning experiences to reality, which could lead them to a better academic understanding and later effective practitioners.

scholarly journals Engaging Students in Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: A Brief Review of the Literature

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy J. McCormick ◽  
Linda M. Clark ◽  
Joan M. Raines
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Student Motivation ◽  
Student Involvement ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Research On Teaching

<p>Problem solving and critical thinking skills are beneficial across all fields of collegiate studies and provide lasting value in the workplace and everyday life.  In problem solving, students employ critical thinking skills in the analyses of problems and the synthesis and applications of previously learned concepts.  For decades, researchers and academics have deliberated on ways to engage students in the classroom to train them in these skills.  The collective research on teaching critical thinking and problem solving reveal overarching themes, which include student involvement, learning styles, student motivation, and instructor perceptions and behaviors.</p>

scholarly journals Investigating the Psychometric Characteristics of Critical Thinking in Everyday Life Scale

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 113-123
Author(s):  
Osman Nejat AKFIRAT ◽  
Gizem UYUMAZ ◽  
Gözde UYUMAZ ◽  
Alper ÇUHADAROĞLU
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Psychometric Characteristics ◽  
Life Scale

scholarly journals Importance and Application of Mathematics in Everyday Life

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 868-879
Author(s):  
Pranshi Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Scientific Field ◽  
Analysis Problem ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Research Document ◽  
Broad Scale

Abstract: Mathematics is a field of science that studies numbers and how they are used. It includes calculations, computations, and problem solving, among other things. It is a subject that is accurate, precise, methodical, and logical. Mathematics has been defined in a variety of ways throughout history; it is an indispensible component of science and is utilized in virtually every discipline, including natural science, engineering, art, and economics. Mathematics is a vital instrument in our lives and in every scientific field that promotes personal growth and development on a broad scale. To avoid chaos and confusion, mathematics makes life smoother and more organized. Problem solving, creativity, critical thinking, and reasoning capacity are some of the traits and talents fostered by mathematics. Other unique skills include analyzing and communicating effectively. Everyone requires mathematics in their daily lives, whether they are a cook or a farmer, a carpenter or a mechanic, a shopkeeper or a doctor, an engineer or a scientist, a musician or a magician. Therefore, it would be impossible to summarize mathematics applications in each field. Through this research document, it is intended to talk about the importance and applications of mathematics in our daily lives. Keywords: Mathematics, Importance of Mathematics, Application of Mathematics, Analysis, Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Abilities.

scholarly journals Studi Literatur Pada Model Pembelajaran ICARE Terhadap Keterampilam Berpikir Kreatif Peserta Didik Pada Materi Momentum&Impuls

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Ari Ranadhana
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Concept Knowledge

One effort to improve the quality of the learning process by applying a learning model. Critical thinking can be interpreted as an effort to examine the truth of an information using the availability of evidence, logic, and awareness of bias. Lack of concept knowledge in students on the momentum material that is associated with daily life. There has been an increase in students by applying the ICARE learning model. Creative thinking is expected that students will be able to relate everyday life to the impulse momentum material with the problem to be solved

scholarly journals ON CRITICAL THINKING AND MODERN LIMITS TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-98
Author(s):  
Daniela ȘORCARU ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
Incurable Disease ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Types Of Information

: We are currently living in a world literally flooded with all types of information, and people have ended up dealing with various kinds of limitations to how much they can or choose to know. We can, thus, identify modern limits to human knowledge falling under (at least) two large categories: either limitations imposed by others (such as authorities, mass media, bosses or leaders, etc), or what we may call self-imposed limitations, i.e. choosing to disregard some information or another, refusing to keep up to date with a state of facts, rejecting scientifically proved data, etc. We are actually talking about outer manipulation (in option A above), or inner manipulation, if we may call it as such, namely the protection of personal comfort even over irrefutable evidence (in option B above). “Ignorance is bliss” (The Matrix, 1999), right? At least for some people. Yet, in this intricate matrix of human knowledge some of us are plagued with an incurable disease: critical thinking. A genuine bogeyman of any authoritarian system or regime, critical thinking is responsible for many glitches in this matrix, always at war against any sort of limitations imposed on human knowledge and rationale. We need to keep critical thinking alive and encourage it, and, in this process, identify the decisive vectors capable of disseminating the concept and its value, as well as its applications in everyday life.

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