Enhancing critical thinking skills in first year environmental management students: a tale of curriculum design, application and reflection

Whiley, David M.; Witt, Bradd; Colvin, Rebecca; Arrué, Rodolfo Sapiains; Kotir, Julius H.

doi:10.1080/03098265.2017.1290590

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“…CAT is based on item response theory, selects items from an item bank that are most appropriate for each child, thereby minimizing the number of items needed to ensure an accurate score (Huang, et.al, 2018: 2). This is also supported by the study of Whiley et. al (2017) which states that the development of students' critical thinking skill is affected by a good study environment management, e.g.…”

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Developing IRT-Based Physics Critical Thinking Skill Test: A CAT to Answer 21st Century Challenge

Istiyono¹,

Dwandaru²,

Lede³

et al. 2019

INT J INSTRUCTION

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The objective of this study was to develop Physics critical thinking skill test using computerized adaptive test (CAT) based on item response theory (IRT). This research was a development research using 4-D (define, design, develop, and disseminate). The content validity of the items was proven using Aiken's V. The test trial involved 252 students in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The data were analysed according to partial credit model (PCM). The test reliability was estimated using PCM based on information function (IF) and standard error measurement (SEM), whereas the empirical validity was proven through INFIT MNSQ. The results showed that all items were valid with Aiken's V spread from 0.67 to 1.00 and INFIT MNSQ values from 0.86 to 1.20. The item difficulty index ranges from -0.75 to 1.30, which was a good item difficulty index. The IF and SEM showed that PhysTCriTS was suitable to measure students' critical thinking abilities from -1.80 to 1.50, with the reliability score reaches 0.75. The results of this study have an implication to reduce cheating in a test because each student gets a different item in accordance to the student's ability. The test using CAT may accurately and effectively measure physics critical thinking skill of students.

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Developing IRT-Based Physics Critical Thinking Skill Test: A CAT to Answer 21st Century Challenge

Istiyono¹,

Dwandaru²,

Lede³

et al. 2019

INT J INSTRUCTION

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“…Thus, the students' thinking structures will be more complex (Foster, 2009). The research by Whiley et al (2017) on the new students of environmental management in Queensland University found that before the students attended the lecture, they were given matriculation for a year relating to their critical thinking skills. This is because the student must be able to critically evaluate something in the workplace and society.…”

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How Are The Physics Critical Thinking Skills of The Students Taught by Using Inquiry-Discovery Through Empirical and Theorethical Overview?

Wartono

Hudha

Batlolona

2017

EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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Previous research reports mention several learning models which are potential in improving students' thinking skills. This quasi-experimental research aims to determine the difference in critical thinking skills of the students who learned by using inquirydiscovery model and conventional learning model in class X. The treatment of this research was teaching physics by inquiry-discovery model and conventional learning model. The instruments of critical thinking skills were developed by the researcher and validated by an expert prior to use. The results of the research showed that there was a significant difference in the critical thinking skills between the experimental class and the control class. The result of critical thinking skills of the students in the inquirydiscovery class was higher than that of the conventional learning class. The research recommends that teachers empower HOTS ability of the students in the inquirydiscovery class, so that a meaningful learning and student-centered learning can be created. Future researches are needed to explore the contribution of inquiry-discovery model on students' critical thinking skills.

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“…This definition is a modification of the interpretations suggested by Davies (2014), Facione (2000), and Watson and Glaser (2008) and they summarise all previous definitions and reflect the components of critical thinking referred to in this study. Davies (2013;, Hammersley-Fletcher and Hanley (2016), Simpson and Courtney (2009), Shin et al (2006), Whiley et al (2017) and others emphasise the importance of the development of critical thinking in settings of the vocational training at tertiary school. Since language training has become a part of both vocational training and professional competence, Edberg (2018), Pessoa et al (2018), Wilson (2016) draw attention to the importance of the development of critical thinking in the process of communication activity along with the development of receptive (reading) and productive (writing) speech skills that addresses the concept of ESP training that is supposed to combine both job-related skills training and language training simultaneously (Moore, 2017).…”

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Creating ESP-Based Language Learning Environment to Foster Critical Thinking Capabilities in Students’ Papers

Karapetian¹

2020

EUROPEAN J ED RES

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The purpose of this research is to experimentally evaluate how the "flipped classroom" model used to deliver Business English, which is commonly an integral part to the ESP course at tertiary schools of Economics in Ukraine, to the students majoring in Economics fosters students' critical thinking skills and improved their academic performances and what students' perceptions of this model are. The learning environment used a multimedia-based textbook entitled "Business skills through English". This was experimental research which used a mixed-methods approach. Students' critical thinking skills and academic performance (learning outcomes) were the variables for this study. Placement tests, needs analysis questionnaires, Course Satisfaction Questionnaire, a test to assess the students' critical thinking skills were used to collect the statistical data. Cronbach Alpha coefficient was applied to interpret the test on critical thinking data and SPSS AMOS statistical package programme was used to analyse the consolidated data. The study found that the "flipped classroom" model used to deliver ESP and Business English to the students majoring in Economics has the potential to provide a better learning experience for the students and teaching experience for the teachers. This model fosters students' critical thinking skills by involving them in problem-solving-based learning and improves their academic performances by increasing their responsibility for learning results and stimulating them to use different learning styles. Overall, the above model substitutes a teacher-centered with a student-centered approach that engages learners in the true-to-life business world and language environment. In this way, learning Business English and ESP at higher educational institutions in Ukraine is a move from just training memory (memorizing professionalism-related English vocabulary and doing grammar drills) to applying language as a learning medium in the specifically designed vocational contexts.

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Enhancing critical thinking skills in first year environmental management students: a tale of curriculum design, application and reflection

Cited by 26 publications

References 34 publications

Developing IRT-Based Physics Critical Thinking Skill Test: A CAT to Answer 21st Century Challenge

Developing IRT-Based Physics Critical Thinking Skill Test: A CAT to Answer 21st Century Challenge

How Are The Physics Critical Thinking Skills of The Students Taught by Using Inquiry-Discovery Through Empirical and Theorethical Overview?

Creating ESP-Based Language Learning Environment to Foster Critical Thinking Capabilities in Students’ Papers

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