TY - JOUR
T1 - The development and validation of a mechanical critical thinking scale for high school students
AU - Yu, Kuang Chao
AU - Lin, Kuen Yi
AU - Chang, Shu Fen
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PY - 2017/5/1
Y1 - 2017/5/1
N2 - The purpose of this study was to develop a mechanical critical thinking scale for high school students. A stratified random sampling method was used to establish the norms. After pre-tests and item analysis, the scale was determined to have five subtest sections (i.e., recognition of assumptions, induction, deduction, interpretation, and evaluation of arguments) consisting of 25 items. In addition, using 1,954 high school students as participants, this study established a norm and investigated the differences among genders and ages. The results showed that male students had better mechanical critical thinking skills than did female students in terms of induction aptitude, while female students were better in evaluation aptitude. In addition, the mechanical critical thinking performance of 12th-grade students was superior to that of 10th- and 11th-grade students.
AB - The purpose of this study was to develop a mechanical critical thinking scale for high school students. A stratified random sampling method was used to establish the norms. After pre-tests and item analysis, the scale was determined to have five subtest sections (i.e., recognition of assumptions, induction, deduction, interpretation, and evaluation of arguments) consisting of 25 items. In addition, using 1,954 high school students as participants, this study established a norm and investigated the differences among genders and ages. The results showed that male students had better mechanical critical thinking skills than did female students in terms of induction aptitude, while female students were better in evaluation aptitude. In addition, the mechanical critical thinking performance of 12th-grade students was superior to that of 10th- and 11th-grade students.
KW - Critical thinking scale
KW - High school students
KW - Mechanical
KW - Norm
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U2 - 10.12973/eurasia.2017.00675a
DO - 10.12973/eurasia.2017.00675a
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85018966948
SN - 1305-8215
VL - 13
SP - 1361
EP - 1376
JO - Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education
JF - Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education
IS - 5
ER -