The Relationship between Test Takers‟ Critical Thinking Ability and their Performance on the Reading Section of TOEFL

Fahim, Mansoor; Bagherkazemi, Marzieh; Alemi, Minoo

doi:10.4304/jltr.1.6.830-837

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“…This shows that there exists a positive relationship between the participants' critical thinking ability and their reading comprehension scores. The result is in accordance with the findings of Fahim et al (2010) came to the conclusion that test takers with higher critical thinking abilities showed better performance on reading comprehension section of TOEFL.…”

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On the Relationship between Critical Thinking Ability, Language Learning Strategies, and Reading Comprehension of Male and Female Intermediate EFL University Students

Marzban¹,

Barati²

2016

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Abstract-This study was going to investigate the relationship between critical thinking ability, language learning strategies, and reading comprehension of male and female Iranian intermediate EFL university students majoring in English translation and English teaching at Tehran Azad University, South Branch. The participants chosen were 100 EFL learners that after homogenizing 79 remained. This study was a correlational one. For the purpose of this study, California Critical Thinking Skill Test (CCTST), Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL), and reading section of the TOEFL test were administered. Data were analyzed based on the questionnaires and they were submitted to the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22.0 for analysis. The Pearson-product moment correlation proved that there was a significant positive relationship between critical thinking ability and reading comprehension, as well as a positive relationship between language learning strategies and reading comprehension was found. Reading comprehension was considered as dependent variable. Finally, in order to find whether there was any difference between males and females in terms of critical thinking ability and their language learning strategy use an independent sample t-test was run. The findings revealed that there was not any significant difference between the performances of male and female participants in terms of critical thinking and their language learning strategy use. The findings of this study will be helpful for material developers, syllabus designers and EFL teachers.

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On the Relationship between Critical Thinking Ability, Language Learning Strategies, and Reading Comprehension of Male and Female Intermediate EFL University Students

Marzban¹,

Barati²

2016

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“…Barnes (2005) asserts in her article that "Personally and professionally, participation in the critical thinking 'movement' has changed me and many of my colleagues forever."(p. 12) Finally, it should be mentioned that only through well-designed, long-term planning such a significant notion of critical thinking can be developed in our educational system. Short-term strategies are needed, undeniably.…”

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The Relationship between Critical Thinking Ability of Iranian English Translation Students and Their Translation Ability

Azin

Tabrizi

2016

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Abstract-The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between critical thinking and translation ability of Iranian English translation students. Moreover, the difference between critical thinking skills of males and females was explored. The participants of this study were 86 Iranian senior English translation students of Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr branch. For gathering data two kinds of instruments were used: a critical thinking questionnaire (The Persian version of CCTST-form B) and English to Persian translation test. The findings revealed no significant difference between critical thinking abilities of females and males. Thus it can be concluded that gender has no role in critical thinking abilities of the Iranian EFL learners. Furthermore, the results of this study indicated that learners with more critical abilities were more successful in translation performance. These findings highlight the importance of teaching thinking skills to our learners and Integrating problem solving activities that need critical thinking in our teaching and learning process.

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“…Many researchers have asserted the influential role of critical thinking in students' academic achievement (e.g., Birjandi & Bagherkazemi, 2010;Fahim, Bagherkazemi, & Alemi, 2010). Critical thinking ability has been identified as one of the constructs which has been proven to be a good predictor of academic performance (Tsui, 1999).…”

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Improving Critical Thinking in Academic Writing through Portfolio in Higher Education

Dewi¹

2016

Proceedings of the 1st UPI International Conference on Sociology Education (UPI ICSE 2015)

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Abstract-Critical thinking skill is one of 21st century skills that supports the mastery of academic writing. Academic writing skill requires critical thinking to express arguments in such systematic and scientific way based on trusted sources. Facione (2011) argues that there are 6 stages in critical thinking, namely interpretation, analysis, interference, evaluation, explanation and self-regulation. These stages were applied to writing activities. The outline of academic writing consists of three parts, namely the introduction, development and conclusions. Each part requires the ability to think critically. To be able to think critically, one needs to have prior data. Therefore, it is necessary to use portfolio to support these strategies. This study uses action research to psychology students who programmed academic writing course.

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The Relationship between Test Takers‟ Critical Thinking Ability and their Performance on the Reading Section of TOEFL

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Cited by 51 publications

References 10 publications

On the Relationship between Critical Thinking Ability, Language Learning Strategies, and Reading Comprehension of Male and Female Intermediate EFL University Students

On the Relationship between Critical Thinking Ability, Language Learning Strategies, and Reading Comprehension of Male and Female Intermediate EFL University Students

The Relationship between Critical Thinking Ability of Iranian English Translation Students and Their Translation Ability

Improving Critical Thinking in Academic Writing through Portfolio in Higher Education

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