THE EFFECTS OF LIFELONG LEARNING TENDENCIES ON CRITICAL THINKING AND COMPUTATIONAL THINKING SKILLS

Yıl 2021, Cilt 9, Sayı Iconat Special Issue 2021, 129 - 144, 24.12.2021

Emine Nur ÜNVEREN BİLGİÇ Emre ÇAM Nazire Burçin HAMUTOĞLU

https://doi.org/10.20290/estubtdb.1022748

Öz

It is aimed to examine the effects of computational thinking skills and critical thinking skills of students enrolled in the pedagogical formation certificate program, which is considered within the scope of lifelong learning in education faculties, on lifelong learning skills in this study. Scanning model principles were taken into account in order to achieve the aim. Structural regression analysis was used to test the relationship between variables in the study. The data were collected from 240 students who are continuing the pedagogical formation certificate program, which is based on lifelong learning. The Critical Thinking Scale (CT), Computational Thinking Self-Efficacy Scale (CoT) and The Lifelong Learning Tendency Scale (LLL) were used to collect the data. According to the results, CoT has a direct and significant effect on CT at the rate of 84%, and the CoT directly explains LLL at a rate of 59%.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Critical Thinking, Lifelong Learning, Computational Thinking

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