scholarly journals Infusing Critical Thinking Skills into Argumentative Writing: A Study of Chinese College College Learners

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Chunxia Lu
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Argumentative Writing ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
College Learners ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Persuasive Arguments

Argumentative writing plays an important role in higher education with college students needing to know how to compose persuasive arguments for academic and career purposes. While writing an argumentative essay, Chinese college students not only face the challenges of the activity itself but also the difficulties of writing in a foreign language. To facilitate their argumentative writing, a revised six-element argumentative model based on Toulmin’s framework infused with critical thinking skills was taught to 30 students in an English course at a Chinese Teacher-training University. Using an argumentative essay test in a pre- and post-test design, it was found that the students’ holistic argumentative writing ability significantly improved after the intervention. However, the students’ ability to rebut remained weak.

scholarly journals A Framework for Infusing Critical Thinking into Chinese College EFL Learners’ Argumentative Writing Process

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Chunxia Lu
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Writing Process ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Argumentative Writing ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Written Argumentation ◽  
Critical Thinking Instruction

Written argumentation, as a language skill and a cognitive skill as well, is not easy for EFL learners. In China, related studies found that college EFL learners are weak in written argumentation due to the deficiency of critical thinking. In order to enhance Chinese college EFL learners’ argumentative writing ability, this paper reviewed the nature of argumentative writing, the relationship between critical thinking and argumentative writing and previous studies on effects of critical thinking instruction into argumentative writing, and then pointed out that it is reasonable to infuse critical thinking into argumentative writing process in Chinese EFL context. With teachers’ feedback and students’ reflection as the pedagogical tool, the author synthesized an instruction framework for infusing critical thinking skills into Chinese EFL learners’ argumentative writing process hopefully to provide reference for further research and instruction.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Adapting the Six Thinking Hats Model into Music Courses to Improve Critical Thinking Skills

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
John Jasina ◽  
Eunjung Choi
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Music Appreciation ◽  
Test Design ◽  
Single Group ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Positive Results

The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of adopting the Six Thinking Hats (STH) model into music appreciation courses to examine the improvement in student critical thinking skills. The research employed a pre-experimental research design with a single group pre-test and post-test design. The study was a quantitative study analyzing the results of a critical thinking pre-test and critical thinking post-test for a sample of 24 college students. The results of the study revealed that adapting the STH model for discussion activities resulted in more positive results compared to other teaching techniques proposed in the curriculum.

scholarly journals Exploration on Cultivation of Critical Thinking in College Intensive Reading Course

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingying Tang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Western World ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
English Classroom ◽  
Intensive Reading

<p>Critical thinking has drawn great concern from researchers in America and western world since 1980s. Chinese researchers have come to realize the fundamental function of critical thinking for innovation. However, it does not take effect to cultivate students’ critical thinking in English classroom. English classroom activities are generally designed for students to memorize, imitate, recite. The cultivation of students’ critical thinking has been ignored. Chinese college students generally can speak out some sentences but lack in-depth ideas and practical ability to solve problems. They suffer from emotional literacy. This research aims to foster college students’ critical thinking skills by designing some classroom activities regarding college intensive reading course in English classroom. But there are some deficiencies in this research such as lack of empirical studies to testify its positive effect.</p>

scholarly journals A Pedagogical Framework for Teaching Chinese College English Learners’ Argumentative Writing via Infusion of Critical Thinking

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Chunxia Lu ◽  
Rosukhon Swatevacharkul
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Argumentative Writing ◽  
Writing Classes ◽  
Essay Writing ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
College English ◽  
Pedagogical Framework

To compose an argumentative writing essay for a Chinese college student is a challenging activity as argumentative writing requires the high-order skills such as analysis, evaluation, reasoning. These skills are also termed as critical thinking skills. Thus this paper proposed to teach Chinese college English learners to compose an argumentative essay through the approach of infusing critical thinking skills into argumentative essay writing classes. It also put forward a pedagogical framework to facilitate Chinese college argumentative writing teachers to develop students’ argumentative writing ability.

scholarly journals Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Siswa Melalui Pembelajaran Berbasis Lingkungan untuk Studi Ekosistem Sungai

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-105
Author(s):  
Fema Anggriani ◽  
Bhakti Karyadi ◽  
Aceng Ruyani
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Process Skill ◽  
Post Test

ABSTRACT[Capacity of student critical thinking through learning base on ecosystem study of water river]. South Bengkulu one of regencies in Bengkulu Province, located west in of the Bukit Barisan Mountains range which has a height of 600-1200 meters above sea level. South Bengkulu has a lot natural wealth that can be utilized as a medium of learning. This research aims to measure the ability of critical thinking and process skill student of class VII MTN 2 south Bengkulu by utilizing environment-based teaching materials. This research uses observation data collection techniques and test (pre test and post test ) Assessment of process skill conducted on two learning activities that is indoor and out door learning activities. Performance of process skill from student of class VII MTsN 2 South Bengkulu including into the category excellent and good while student critical thinking skills classically including into the critical categoryKeywords: student critical thinking skills; environment-based teaching materials’ pre test and post test.(Received November 19, 2018; Accepted April 15, 2019; Published June 18, 2019) ABSTRAKBengkulu Selatan adalah salah satu kabupaten di Provinsi Bengkulu terletak di sebelah barat pegunungan Bukit Barisan di mana ketinggian pegunungan tersebut rata-rata 600-1200 m diatas permukaan laut (dpl) yang mempunyai banyak kekayaan alam yang dapat dimanfaatkan sebagai media pembelajaran. Penelitian ini bertujuan 1) Mengukur kemampuan berfikir kritis siswa dan ketrampilan proses siswa kelas VII MTsN 2 Bengkulu Selatan dengan memanfaatkan bahan ajar berbasis lingkungan. Penelitian ini menggunakan teknik pengumpulan data observasi dan tes (pre test dan Post test). Penilaian keterampilan proses ini dilakukan pada dua kegiatan pembelajaran indoor dan kegiatan pembelajaran outdoor. Kemampuan kinerja keterampilan proses siswa kelas VII MTsN 2 bengkulu Selatan termasuk kedalam kategori sangat baik dan Baik dan kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa secara klasikal termasuk kedalam kategori Kritis.Kata Kunci: Kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa, bahan ajar berbasis lingkungan, Pre test dan post test.

scholarly journals Implementasi Media Pembelajaran Komik Islam Untuk Meningkatkan Prestasi belajar dalam berpikir Kritis Siswa di Sekolah

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anip Dwi Saputro
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
P Value ◽  
Learning Achievement ◽  
Critical Thought ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Student Questionnaire ◽  
Research Experiment

The goals of this research are : determine learning achievement in students' critical thinking during the learning using the medium of comics Islam. This research is a research experiment using two classes; kontrol one class and one class treatment. In this study using respondents 72 students to test experimental comic learning media Islam. This research aims to improve student achievement in students' critical thinking about the use of pre test, post test and student questionnaire responses. Data from these assessments were analyzed using SPSS. 18.0 with Anacova test. The results showed that: (1) there is a relationship between learning achievement with the critical thinking skills of students because the p value (Sig.) Of <0.05, (2) there is a relationship between the media with critical thinking skills of students because the p value (Sig.) <0:05 and (3) there is influence student achievement and learning media to the critical thinking skills of students because the p value (Sig. Corrected Model) <0.05. Keywords : Islamic comics as learning resources, student testing grades, and critical thought.

scholarly journals Repeated Retrieval Practice to Foster Students’ Critical Thinking Skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lara M. van Peppen ◽  
Peter P. J. L. Verkoeijen ◽  
Anita Heijltjes ◽  
Eva Janssen ◽  
Tamara van Gog
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Retrieval Practice ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Syllogistic Reasoning ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
Practice Effects ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Repeated Retrieval

There is a need for effective methods to teach critical thinking. Many studies on other skills have demonstrated beneficial effects of practice that repeatedly induces retrieval processes (repeated retrieval practice). The present experiment investigated whether repeated retrieval practice is effective for fostering critical thinking skills, focusing on avoiding biased reasoning. Seventy-five students first took a pre-test. Subsequently, they were instructed on critical thinking and avoiding belief-bias in syllogistic reasoning and engaged in retrieval practice with syllogisms. Afterwards, depending on the assigned condition, they (1) did not engage in extra retrieval practice; (2) engaged in retrieval practiced a second time (week later); or (3) engaged in retrieval practiced a second (week later) and a third time (two weeks later). Two/three days after the last practice session, all participants took a post-test consisting of practiced tasks (to measure learning relative to the pre-test) and non-practiced (transfer) tasks. Results revealed no significant difference between the pretest and the posttest learning performance as judged by the mean total performance (MC-answers + justification), although participants were, on average, faster on the post-test than on the pre-test. Exploring performance on MC-answers-only suggested that participants did benefit from instruction/practice but may have been unable to justify their answers. Unfortunately, we were unable to test effects on transfer due to a floor effect, which highlights the difficulty of establishing transfer of critical thinking skills. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that addresses repeated retrieval practice effects in the critical thinking domain. Further research should focus on determining the preconditions of repeated retrieval practice effects for this type of tasks.

scholarly journals Implementation of Discovery-Inquiry Methods with Work Sheet Illustrated Media to Improve Student’s Critical Thinking Skills of Science Lessons in Indonesia’s Border Elementary School

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Tri Novita Indriyati
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Educational Facilities ◽  
Final Test ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Inquiry Method ◽  
Minimum Criteria

This study aims to improve students' critical thinking skills (CTS) in disadvantaged, outermost and foremost areas, namely in Indonesia's border elementary schools which are full of limited educational facilities. This research was conducted on science subjects in grade VI SDN 29 IDAI on the balance of ecosystems. The method used for the research is the experimental method, which is Quasi Experiment because conditions do not allow for the control class to be held. The research design is one group pretest posttest design, where before the treatment is given, the sample is first given a pretest (initial test) and at the end of the learning sample is given a posttest (final test). CTS aspects developed in this study include identifying criteria for possible answers, mentioning examples, giving reasons, and drawing conclusions. Based on the results of data analysis in the form of the results of the pre-test and post-test, there was an increase in students' average critical thinking skills, starting from 32% (less) in the pre-test to 75% (good) in the post-test. The application of discovery-inquiry method with work sheet illustrated media is also able to increase student learning outcomes to an average value of 72.38 with a graduation rate. The minimum criteria for completeness in classical is 84.62%.

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