剧情导向-思考活动rdquo;与学生的批判性思维摘要.pdfVIP

1 The Impact of Directed Viewing-Thinking Activity On Students’ Critical Thinking: Part I 梁境逸 張榮森 Chin Ee NEO Wing Sum CHEUNG National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University Background: The importance of critical thinking has long been recognized. In recognition of its importance, the Prime Minister of Singapore in 1997 brought up the notion of “Thinking Schools, Learning Nations”. Since its inception, the Ministry of Education has developed thinking packages for schools. However, students often fail to use the thinking skills they are taught. This study investigated the impact of directed viewing – thinking activity on students’ critical thinking. Aims: To investigate if students’ critical thinking skills improved after attending the series of DVTA lessons and find out students’ perceptions of the DVTA lessons. Sample: Students participating in the study were Secondary 3 students taking Higher Chinese from one of the researcher’s class. All 18 students were present throughout the six lessons. These students were all females between 14 to 15 years of age, coming from a traditional English school. Method: Pre and post argumentative essay tests were administered to the whole class to test for the difference in the students’ critical thinking skills before and after the students had attended the DVTA lessons. The argumentative essays are judged for two different types of critical thinking skills: ability to evaluate the alternatives and the ability to defend the conclusion on a scale of 1-5. The score represents the level of critical thinking skills the students have displayed in their essays. A questionnaire was also used to f