scholarly journals Online Reciprocal Peer Tutoring Approach in Facebook: Measuring Students' Critical Thinking

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (23) ◽  
pp. 16-28
Author(s):  
Nurul Nadwa Zulkifli ◽  
Noor Dayana Abd Halim ◽  
Noraffandy Yahaya ◽  
Henny Van Der Meijden ◽  
Norasykin Mohd Zaid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Peer Tutoring ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
School Of Education ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Reciprocal Peer Tutoring ◽  
Validated Instrument

Critical thinking skills are one of essential employability skills for graduates when entering the workforce. The lack of critical thinking skills among Malaysian graduates is a concern as these skills are important for success in the 21st century. Therefore, this paper aims to study the effects of online reciprocal peer tutoring (RPT) through Facebook discussion on students’ critical thinking. In this study, the online RPT approach in Facebook was used to nurture students to think critically. In RPT, the tutor role is switched between participants in each task, giving equal opportunities to all learners to benefit from the tutor and tutee role. This approach was integrated into their learning for 4 weeks to increase students' critical thinking. During the learning process, they need to involve in 4 critical thinking tasks based on Bloom's taxonomy. 29 undergraduate students from the school of education, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia completed the validated instrument, Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal test (inference, assumption, deduction, interpretation, evaluation arguments) before and after the treatment. The findings show that it is significantly different in making inference (Z=-3.85, p=.000

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 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 Guided Inquiry Lab: Its Effect to Improve Student’s Critical Thinking on Mechanics

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-97
Author(s):  
Ade Febri ◽  
Sajidan Sajidan ◽  
Sarwanto Sarwanto ◽  
Dewanto Harjunowibowo
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Guided Inquiry ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact

Learning trends in the 21st-century require students to have the ability to sort appropriate information from certain sources. To do this, students must have critical thinking skills. One of the learning models that can facilitate students to think critically is a guided-inquiry lab. Thus, the purpose of this study was to quantitatively analyze the impact of the implementation of the guided-inquiry lab model on students' critical thinking skills on mechanics material. A pre-experimental method employing one group pretest-posttest only design was applied to obtain students' critical thinking skills data before and after the implementation of the guided-inquiry lab model. A total of 32 students from a junior high school in the city of Karanganyar, Central Java, were involved as the samples in this study. The data obtained were then analyzed using N-gain calculations. Based on the data analysis, there are 81.25% of students have medium creative thinking skills after being taught with a guided-inquiry lab, meaning there is an increase in the average score of students after being taught using a guided-inquiry lab model. It can be concluded that the implementation of the guided-inquiry lab model is effective to improve students' critical thinking skills

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 The effects of critical thinking instruction through asynchronous learning tools on writing

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 176
Author(s):  
Sibel Ayg�n ◽  
Fatih Yavuz
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Asynchronous Learning ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Thinking Disposition ◽  
Experimental Group

In writing classes, besides mastering the language items and writing rhetoric, students are required to use some high order thinking skills to be able to write academically. Hence, this study basically aims to see the effectiveness of the use of critical thinking skills on writing achievements of the Turkish EFL students. The purpose of the study is to see if online critical thinking treatment affects students� use of critical thinking skills in their writings. In addition, students� attitudes towards asynchronous learning tools during the study were observed. At the beginning and end of the study, 16 students in control group and 16 students in experimental group answered the questions in the critical thinking disposition scale. In addition to this, their writing performances were evaluated before and after the study. Meanwhile, experimental group students were exposed to 8-week online critical thinking treatment. The data gathered were statistically analysed and the results indicate that while the students� writing performances do not differ significantly before and after the online critical thinking treatment, it has significantly contributed to the studentS� use of critical thinking skills while writing.

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.

scholarly journals PENGARUH MODEL PEMBELAJARAN BERBASIS PROYEK TERHADAP PENGUASAAN KONSEP DITINJAU DARI KETERAMPILAN BERPIKIR KRITIS PADA MATA KULIAH OPTIK

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 220
Author(s):  
Samsun Hidayat ◽  
Susilawati Susilawati ◽  
Harry Soeprianto
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Thinking Skill ◽  
Critical Thinking Skill ◽  
Group Design ◽  
Academic Year

This study was aimed to analyzethe effect of project based learning model to understanding concepts  and critical thinking skills in optics lecture at undergraduate student of Physics Educational Program of IKIP Mataram in academic year 2013/2014. This study included in quasi experiment with posttest onlycontrol group design. All of 75 populations are included as sample. The datawere analyzed with multivariate analysis (MANOVA).The conclusion can be stated based on analysis result is (1) project based learning model having an effect on understandingconcepts of undergraduate students ((Fcal = 37,88 > Ftable = 3,91), with pvalue<0,05. (2) project based learning model having an effect on critical thinking skill of undergraduate students ((Fcal = 5,47 > Ftable = 3,91), with pvalue<0,05. (3) project based learning model having an effect on both understandingconcepts and critical thinking of undergraduate students ((Fcal = 34,86 > Ftable = 3,91), with pvalue<0,05.

scholarly journals Effect of Differentiated Instruction on the Achievement and Development of Critical Thinking Skills among Sixth-Grade Science Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 77-99
Author(s):  
Mohammad Salih Al-Shehri
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Differentiated Instruction ◽  
Instructional Strategy ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Instructional Program ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Experimental Group

The objective of this study was to explore the effect of using a differentiated instruction method on the achievement and development of critical thinking skills among sixth-grade students in Abha, Saudi Arabia. The study used the experimental method through the application of the instructional program on a sample of 50 students, who were chosen purposefully from one school in Abha city. The sample was divided into an experimental group (n = 25), which received instructions using differentiated instruction, and a control group (n = 25), which received instructions using conventional methods. Two tests were developed, an academic achievement test and a critical thinking test, to measure the performance of students before and after using the instructional program. Findings showed an improvement in the academic performance of the experimental group, which were taught using the instructional program based on differentiated instruction. Participants were able to increase their level of critical thinking skills in science. The study recommends using this instructional strategy in different school subjects other than science. The study also recommends training teachers on its implementation in classrooms.

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