A Preliminary Investigation into Critical Thinking of Urban Xi'an High School Students

Autor/inn/en	Zhou, Qing; Wang, Xiang; Yao, Linna
Titel	A Preliminary Investigation into Critical Thinking of Urban Xi'an High School Students
Quelle	In: Frontiers of Education in China, 2 (2007) 3, S.447-468 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1673-341X
DOI	10.1007/s11516-007-0036-5
Schlagwörter	Critical Thinking; Thinking Skills; High School Students; Urban Schools; Foreign Countries; Science Education; Art Education; Student Attitudes; Advanced Courses; Comparative Analysis; Gender Differences; China; California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritisches Denken; Denkfähigkeit; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Ausland; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Schülerverhalten; Fortgeschrittenenunterricht; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	This paper reports the development of critical thinking of urban high school students in the Chinese city of Xi'an. It presents the assessment of the students' two components of critical thinking: dispositions towards critical thinking and critical thinking skills, using the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory and the California Critical Thinking Skills Test. Results show that the students' dispositions toward critical thinking are at an average level while their critical thinking skills are very low. This research also shows that there is no significant difference between students from science classes and arts classes in their critical thinking dispositions while science students have a higher level of critical thinking skills. Students from advanced classes have a higher level of the two components of critical thinking than their counterparts from general classes. There are no differences between male students and female students in both components. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10