Critical Thinking Ability of Higher Secondary School Students

Autor/inn/en	Devika, R.; Soumya, P. R.
Titel	Critical Thinking Ability of Higher Secondary School Students
Quelle	In: Journal on School Educational Technology, 12 (2016) 1, S.39-44 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0973-2217
Schlagwörter	Critical Thinking; Thinking Skills; Secondary School Students; Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Statistical Analysis; Hypothesis Testing; Scores; Student Surveys; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritisches Denken; Denkfähigkeit; Sekundarschüler; Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Statistische Analyse; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Schülerbefragung; Indien
Abstract	Critical thinking ability is one among the life skills enlisted by the World Health Organisation. Citizens who can think critically are the need of the nation. The new era warrants persons who can think and evaluate the information correctly. It is the duty of education to inculcate the skill of critical thinking in the students, the future citizens. The study was conducted using the normative survey method. The sample for the present study consisted of 640 secondary school students from different schools of Palakkad district. A tool, namely Critical Thinking Ability Test for Higher Secondary School Students was constructed and standardized by the investigators for the study. The study investigated the influence, the effect of gender, type of management and the optional subject on the critical thinking ability of higher school students. Statistical measures such as t-test and ANOVA were used to analyze the data. The result of the analysis shows that a significant difference exists in the mean scores of critical thinking ability with respect to gender, type of management and optional subjects of students. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01