Teaching Critical Thinking Skills: Ability, Motivation, Intervention, and the Pygmalion Effect

Howard, Larry W.; Tang, Thomas Li‐Ping; Austin, M. Jill

doi:10.1007/s10551-014-2084-0

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“…Education is not only mastering knowledge but also including the expertise to integrate the experience to be a new and more meaningful thing (Algers & Silva-Fletcher, 2015;Guo et al, 2015;Obradović et al, 2016). The teacher can assemble problem-solving activities to enhance critical thinking (Howard et al, 2015;McPeck, 2016). Also, the teacher can combine this strategy with promoting the complex problem-solving (Howard et al, 2015;Wallace & Jefferson, 2015).…”

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“…The teacher can assemble problem-solving activities to enhance critical thinking (Howard et al, 2015;McPeck, 2016). Also, the teacher can combine this strategy with promoting the complex problem-solving (Howard et al, 2015;Wallace & Jefferson, 2015). Complex problems are problems which someone can't indirectly solve with one procedure or particular perspective, but they need higher order thinking skills to find and combine various facts to get problem-solving (Carter et al, 2014;Shiraev et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…By considering the nature of each knowledge dimension, in the process of measuring critical thinking skills, a contextual problem or test question which is not artificial can be developed. To solve it, it needs skills to combine concepts, formula, principles, and rules which meet the learning goals (Howard et al, 2015;Pitt et al, 2015;Wallace & Jefferson, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Utilization of Open Educational Resources in the Collaborative Learning Environment to Enhance the Critical Thinking Skill

Sulisworo¹,

Syarif²

2018

IJLD

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Critical thinking as an outcome of learning is an essential issue in education. The application of the concept of Open Educational Resources or OER provides opportunities for students to obtain information more efficiently to support their learning. On the other hand, the collaborative learning is believed to be a robust pedagogical approach to build a good learning experience. This research describes and explores how the application of collaborative learning by using OER can enhance critical thinking skills. The method of this study was the pre-test and post-test one group design in physics lessons at secondary school students. Statistical analysis used paired t-test with an error of 5%. The teacher can measure the critical thinking skill by giving essay test. Scoring considered the process undertaken in problem-solving. The results of this study showed an increase in critical thinking skills significantly. This study also further discusses the implications associated with this research on learning physics.

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Section: Critical Thinkingmentioning

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Section: Critical Thinkingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Utilization of Open Educational Resources in the Collaborative Learning Environment to Enhance the Critical Thinking Skill

Sulisworo¹,

Syarif²

2018

IJLD

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“…It was further addressed by Wagner (1997) that it was in no way possible for anyone to become an expert in any field or specialty whatsoever without actively partaking in the processes of effortful and purposeful critical thinking. There is a desire among educationalists to implement supplementary methods of teaching critical thinking skills to students other than the traditional didactic approaches (Howard, Tang, & Austin, 2015). This paper attempts to answer the question, "Is it possible to enhance the use of critical thinking through the problem-solving elements of a game?"…”

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Enhanced Critical Thinking Skills through Problem-Solving Games in Secondary Schools

McDonald

2017

InSITE Conference

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[This Proceedings paper was revised and published in the Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Skills and Lifelong Learning (IJELL)] Aim/Purpose: Students face many challenges improving their soft skills such as critical thinking. This paper offers one possible solution to this problem. Background: This paper considers one method of enhancing critical thinking through a problem-solving game called the Coffee Shop. Problem-solving is a key component to critical thinking, and game-playing is one method of enhancing this through an interactive teaching method. Methodology: Three classes of Vietnamese high school students engaged in the Coffee Shop game. The method seeks outcome measurements through the use of analysis of multiple surveys to assess and interpret if critical thinking may have been improved. Contribution: The study may help to understand the importance of problem-solving in the context of an entrepreneurial setting and add to the variation of methods used to deliver the lesson to students in the classroom. Findings: The findings show that practicing problem-solving scenarios with a focus on critical thinking in a time limited setting results in a measured improvement of this skill. Recommendations for Practitioners : The findings suggest that educators could use games more as tools for problem-solving to contribute to their students’ learning outcomes around developing critical thinking. Recommendation for Researchers: More research could be devoted to developing problem-solving and critical thinking skills through game-play models. Impact on Society: Improved critical thinking skills in individuals could make a greater contribution to society. Future Research: A comparative study between different high school grades and genders as well as between different countries or cultures.

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“…1998;Magno, 2010;Howard, Thomas, & Austin, 2015). The most prominent source of reference to critical thinking definition is the one made by Dewey (1987).…”

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Educational Turning Point in Albania: No More Mechanic Parrots but Critical Thinkers

Alhasani

2015

JEI

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Since 2004 Albanian academics have been making efforts to establish the best Western practices of academic writing associated with critical thinking and writing skills for university students. In this article, I will shed light upon the special challenges and peculiarities the establishment of Academic Writing discipline has encountered in Albania over the years of educational transformation in the broad framework of democratic political transition. I argue that the socio-political indoctrination of the society during five decades of communist dictatorship has delayed the cultivation of critical thinking, reading and, consequently, critical writing skills for academic and occupational opportunities. Moreover, the research will not be limited only to causal factors of delay, instead, it will pave the way to recommendations that accelerate the successful acquisition and possession of such crucial academic writing skills for Albanian university graduates and academia in general.First, I provide literature on definition of critical thinking and its improvement through writing courses; next I depict the typical political indoctrination of students during communist dictatorship tracing the legacy of mechanic reading and the huge lack of critical discourse even among the academic staffs themselves; later on I discuss the contemporary academic focus being placed upon the need of critical academic writing to prepare independent thinkers successful to face the democratic transition. Finally, and most importantly, I offer substantial suggestions and recommendations how to implement successfully the Western Academic writing tradition in the higher education curricula by taking into consideration Albania's educational legacy.

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Teaching Critical Thinking Skills: Ability, Motivation, Intervention, and the Pygmalion Effect

Cited by 87 publications

References 48 publications

The Utilization of Open Educational Resources in the Collaborative Learning Environment to Enhance the Critical Thinking Skill

The Utilization of Open Educational Resources in the Collaborative Learning Environment to Enhance the Critical Thinking Skill

Enhanced Critical Thinking Skills through Problem-Solving Games in Secondary Schools

Educational Turning Point in Albania: No More Mechanic Parrots but Critical Thinkers

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