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Learning Environments Research
Published in: Learning Environments Research 1/2023

25-06-2022 | Original Paper

How to teach critical thinking: an experimental study with three different approaches

Authors: Ali Orhan, Şule Çeviker Ay

Published in: Learning Environments Research | Issue 1/2023

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of critical thinking (CT) teaching involving general, immersion, and mixed approaches on the CT skills and dispositions of high-school students. The study, which had three experimental groups (EG) and one control group, employed a pretest–posttest control-group quasi-experimental design. CT teaching was initiated with a general approach in EG I, an immersion approach in EG II, and a mixed approach in EG III. The Critical Thinking Skill Test and UF/EMI Critical Thinking Disposition Instrument were used to collect the data. General, immersion, and mixed approaches improved CT skills and dispositions, with a large effect size for the improvement of CT skills. CT teaching with general, immersion, and mixed approaches had large, moderate, and small effects, respectively, on improving CT dispositions. In terms of improving CT skills and dispositions, the most effective approach, respectively, was the general, mixed, and immersion approach.
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Metadata
Title
How to teach critical thinking: an experimental study with three different approaches
Authors
Ali Orhan
Şule Çeviker Ay
Publication date
25-06-2022
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Learning Environments Research / Issue 1/2023
Print ISSN: 1387-1579
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1855
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10984-022-09413-1

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