An Exploration of the Interplay of Students' Dispositions to Critical Thinking, Formal Thinking and Procedural Knowledge in Science.
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| Title: | An Exploration of the Interplay of Students' Dispositions to Critical Thinking, Formal Thinking and Procedural Knowledge in Science. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Ferguson, Nicole, Vazquez-Abad, Jesus |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 32 |
| Publication Date: | 1996 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research Speeches/Meeting Papers |
| Descriptors: | Critical Thinking, Foreign Countries, Formal Operations, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Pretests Posttests, Science Education, Science Process Skills, Thinking Skills |
| Geographic Terms: | Canada |
| Abstract: | This paper describes part of a study undertaken to examine the relationship between dispositions to critical thinking, procedural knowledge in science, and formal reasoning. Three tests were administered to 346 grade 7 students at the beginning and at the end of the school year: California Critical Thinking Dispositions Inventory, Group Assessment of Logical Thinking, and Test of Integrated Process Skills II. Results indicated a possible link between scientific thinking and formal thinking but no relationship between critical thinking dispositions and formal thinking or between critical thinking dispositions and procedural knowledge in science. (Contains 7 tables, 2 figures, and 42 references.) (MKR) |
| Entry Date: | 1996 |
| Accession Number: | ED395788 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This paper describes part of a study undertaken to examine the relationship between dispositions to critical thinking, procedural knowledge in science, and formal reasoning. Three tests were administered to 346 grade 7 students at the beginning and at the end of the school year: California Critical Thinking Dispositions Inventory, Group Assessment of Logical Thinking, and Test of Integrated Process Skills II. Results indicated a possible link between scientific thinking and formal thinking but no relationship between critical thinking dispositions and formal thinking or between critical thinking dispositions and procedural knowledge in science. (Contains 7 tables, 2 figures, and 42 references.) (MKR) |
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