The Development and Validation of a Mechanical Critical Thinking Scale for High School Students

Autor/inn/en	Yu, Kuang-Chao; Lin, Kuen-Yi; Chang, Shu-Fen
Titel	The Development and Validation of a Mechanical Critical Thinking Scale for High School Students
Quelle	In: EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 13 (2017) 5, S.1361-1376 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-8223
Schlagwörter	Critical Thinking; High School Students; Foreign Countries; Item Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Correlation; Pretests Posttests; Grade 12; Engineering Education; Thinking Skills; Questionnaires; Factor Analysis; Grade 10; Grade 11; Science Education; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritisches Denken; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ausland; Itemanalyse; Statistische Analyse; Korrelation; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Ingenieurausbildung; Denkfähigkeit; Fragebogen; Faktorenanalyse; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to develop a mechanical critical thinking scale for high school students. A stratified random sampling method was used to establish the norms. After pre-tests and item analysis, the scale was determined to have five subtest sections (i.e., recognition of assumptions, induction, deduction, interpretation, and evaluation of arguments) consisting of 25 items. In addition, using 1,954 high school students as participants, this study established a norm and investigated the differences among genders and ages. The results showed that male students had better mechanical critical thinking skills than did female students in terms of induction aptitude, while female students were better in evaluation aptitude. In addition, the mechanical critical thinking performance of 12th-grade students was superior to that of 10th- and 11th-grade students. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01