Effects of Using Inquiry-Based Learning on EFL Students' Critical Thinking Skills

Autor/inn/en	Wale, Bantalem Derseh; Bishaw, Kassie Shifere
Titel	Effects of Using Inquiry-Based Learning on EFL Students' Critical Thinking Skills
Quelle	In: Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 5 (2020), Artikel 9 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2363-5169
DOI	10.1186/s40862-020-00090-2
Schlagwörter	Inquiry; Thinking Skills; Critical Thinking; Undergraduate Students; Intervention; Essays; Writing Instruction; Persuasive Discourse; Active Learning; Instructional Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Denkfähigkeit; Kritisches Denken; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Schreibunterricht; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Aktives Lernen; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	The aim of this study was to examine the effects of using inquiry-based learning on students' critical thinking skills. A quasi-experimental design which employed time series design with single group participants was used. A total of 20 EFL undergraduate students who took advanced writing skills course were selected using comprehensive sampling method. Tests, focus group discussion, and student-reflective journal were used to gather data on the students' critical thinking skills. The participants were given a series of three argumentative essay writing pretests both before and after the intervention, inquiry-based argumentative essay writing instruction. While the quantitative data were analyzed using One-Way Repeated Measures ANOVA, the qualitative data were analyzed through narration. The findings of the study revealed that using inquiry-based argumentative writing instruction enhances students' critical thinking skills. Therefore, inquiry-based instruction is suggested as a means to improve students' critical thinking skills because the method enhances students' interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, explanation, and self-regulation skills which are the core critical thinking skills. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01