Öğretmen adaylarının eleştirel düşünme eğilimleri ve problem çözme becerileri arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi

Year 2016, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 75 - 94, 01.10.2016

Hasan Basri Memduhoğlu Elif Keleş

Abstract

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Keywords

Eleştirel düşünme, Eleştirel düşünme eğilimi, Problem çözme

Evaluation of the relation between critical-thinking tendency and problem-solving skills of pre-service teachers

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between critical-thinking tendency
and problem-solving skills of pre-service teachers. Research was modelled as relational
screening model. The population of the research consisted of pre-service teachers from a
faculty of education during the 2013-2014 academic year. The sample of the research
consisted of 656 students who were studying different fields of education at the faculty.
Stratified sampling method was used in choosing the sample. The variable of students’ field
was taken as stratified according to the ratio in the population. Facione, Facione, and
Giancarlo’s (1998) “California Critical Thinking Tendency Inventory” and Heppner and
Petersen’s (1982) “Problem Solving Inventory” and a personal information form were used
to collect the data. The collected data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, parametric
tests and correlation analysis. In this study, a near moderate-level and positive correlation
was found between the Critical thinking tendency and Problem solving skills of pre-service
teachers.

Keywords

Critical thinking, Critical thinking tendency, Problem solving