Critical Thinking Article Summary
Article Summary and Reflection #2
Reference
Choy, S. C., & Cheah, P. K. (2009). teacher perceptions of critical thinking among students and its influence on higher education. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education , 20 (2), 198-206.
Teacher Perceptions of Critical Thinking Among Students and its Influence on Higher Education
Research Question: What are the roles the students and teachers must play in developing a critical thinking environment and how does the understanding of one’s role allow for better understanding of critical thinking, and lead to a deeper understanding of content?
Hypothesis: The roles that students must involve themselves in are to analyze their own clarity and understanding of the question, wrestling with the question in the relation or importance it has with them. The teachers on the other hand must do the same thing because this is how a teacher may know if they are truly asking a critical thinking question or not.
Summary: Teachers now more than ever are using critical thinking within their classrooms. Many of which never ask themselves that vital question; that is what exactly is critical thinking? Critical thinking involves more than just the asking of questions in a way to where a student can answer the content better. They think that students who are explaining the content material in their own words are thinking critically. However, there is evidence to the contrary. Critical thinking involves students analyzing their own thought process. “Critical thinking requires students to take their own thinking apart: to analyze their own thinking according to standards of clarity, accuracy, relevance, logic, and fairness” (Choy & Cheah, 2009, p. 205). This meaning they are analyzing the topic in their own mind and relating those thoughts back to the teacher, not just answering the content question they were just asked. Critical thinking then is not just getting the intellectual stimuli going, but
Reference
Choy, S. C., & Cheah, P. K. (2009). teacher perceptions of critical thinking among students and its influence on higher education. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education , 20 (2), 198-206.
Teacher Perceptions of Critical Thinking Among Students and its Influence on Higher Education
Research Question: What are the roles the students and teachers must play in developing a critical thinking environment and how does the understanding of one’s role allow for better understanding of critical thinking, and lead to a deeper understanding of content?
Hypothesis: The roles that students must involve themselves in are to analyze their own clarity and understanding of the question, wrestling with the question in the relation or importance it has with them. The teachers on the other hand must do the same thing because this is how a teacher may know if they are truly asking a critical thinking question or not.
Summary: Teachers now more than ever are using critical thinking within their classrooms. Many of which never ask themselves that vital question; that is what exactly is critical thinking? Critical thinking involves more than just the asking of questions in a way to where a student can answer the content better. They think that students who are explaining the content material in their own words are thinking critically. However, there is evidence to the contrary. Critical thinking involves students analyzing their own thought process. “Critical thinking requires students to take their own thinking apart: to analyze their own thinking according to standards of clarity, accuracy, relevance, logic, and fairness” (Choy & Cheah, 2009, p. 205). This meaning they are analyzing the topic in their own mind and relating those thoughts back to the teacher, not just answering the content question they were just asked. Critical thinking then is not just getting the intellectual stimuli going, but