Developing Pupils' Critical Thinking by Teaching Mathematics

Autor/inn/en	Badescu, Ovidiu; Stan, Cristian
Titel	Developing Pupils' Critical Thinking by Teaching Mathematics
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Sciences, 20 (2019) 1, S.108-120 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1454-7678
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Instruction; Critical Thinking; Discovery Learning; Skill Development; Thinking Skills; Grade 5; Grade 6; Middle School Students; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Teacher Education; Romania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Kritisches Denken; Entdeckendes Lernen; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Denkfähigkeit; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Rumänien
Abstract	This article presents a research project on the development of critical thinking of 6th graders in Caras-Severin county using an educational program based on learning by discovery and problematisation. The first stage of the research consisting in diagnosing the of critical thinking level of development of 5th graders in Caras-Severin county using a critical thinking test based on the Watson-Glaser model. We selected a representative lot of 542 pupils, taking into account the results of this test, the geographic distribution, the urban-rural environment, the teaching experience of the teaching staff teaching these pupils, then we sampled these pupils forming the experimental lot and the control lot, close in terms of critical thinking level. We elaborated, deployed and validated a training program "Developing Critical Thinking of Pupils by Teaching Mathematics", a training course offered by the Caras-Severin House of the Teaching Staff, the teachers participating in this course being those who taught the pupils in the experimental lot. After the completion of the intervention, the pupils in the two lots were tested again using the same type of tests, namely, Watson-Glaser, obtaining significant differences in favour of the experimental lot. We wanted to see if these abilities were stable over time and we applied a new test 3 months after the end of the intervention, and the conclusion was that the change was long-term, but also that the intervention created a series of abilities which pupils continue to use in order to improve their performances, even if the intervention was over. The interpretation of the results was done in SPSS using Mixed Bifactorial Variance Analysis (ANOVA) with Time as the Within Subjects factor and Group as the Between Subjects factor. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	West University of Timisoara Department of Educational Sciences. Bd. V. Parvan 4, Timisoara, Timis 300223, Romania. Tel: +40-256-592111; e-mail: resjournal@e-uvt.ro; Web site: https://rse.uvt.ro/
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Update	2024/1/01