scholarly journals A Study of Critical Thinking Dispositions of Undergraduates in Foreign Language Discipline at One Private College in Mainland China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Yuanyuan Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Private College ◽  
Thinking Dispositions ◽  
Critical Thinking Dispositions

scholarly journals A Comparative Study of Critical Thinking Skills Between English and Japanese Majors in a Normal University

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Fenglin Zhou ◽  
Yuewu Lin
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Thinking Dispositions ◽  
Critical Thinking Dispositions ◽  
English Majors ◽  
Normal University

Critical thinking is one of the core objectives of talent training in higher education. Meanwhile, the cultivation of critical thinking skills in foreign language teaching has become more and more urgent, and it has also been written into the national standards for the training of foreign language talents. A good critical thinking includes both a skill dimension (Critical Thinking Skills) and a disposition dimension (Critical Thinking Dispositions). Critical Thinking Skills include interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, explanation and self-regulation. This study intends to explore the current situation of the critical thinking skills of undergraduates in foreign language majors (English and Japanese) in a Normal University, and then attempts to find out the similarities and differences in critical thinking skills between English majors and Japanese majors after years of study at college. The results show that a clear difference exists between English majors and Japanese majors in overall critical thinking skills. In particular, English majors are superior to Japanese majors. Another finding is that there are also differences between the two majors in the three core sub-skills of critical thinking skills, analysis, evaluation and inference.

scholarly journals Critical Thinking Dispositions of Undergraduate College Students in A Comprehensive University of Mainland China

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 224
Author(s):  
Huarong Ma
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Chinese Version ◽  
Comprehensive University ◽  
Thinking Dispositions ◽  
Critical Thinking Dispositions ◽  
Undergraduate College Students ◽  
Cognitive Maturity

This study was undertaken to assess the critical thinking dispositions of undergraduate college students in a comprehensive university of mainland China and examine the roles of gender and major in the subjects’ critical thinking dispositions. An adapted Chinese version of the California Critical Thinking Dispositions Inventory (CCTDI) was used to survey 534 undergraduate students. Statistics revealed that over 3/4 of the subjects were negative in their dispositions to think critically, and no more than 1/4 of them were positive. All the subscale mean scores were between 30-35, indicating an ambivalent attitude to critical thinking. Meanwhile, the subjects were stronger in systematicity, truth-seeking, and self-confidence than in analyticity, inquisitiveness, and cognitive maturity. Besides, males got significantly higher scores in overall critical thinking dispositions, truth-seeking, cognitive maturity, open-mindedness, and justice-orientedness, an added subscale in the Chinese version of CCTDI. Finally, science-engineering students achieved a non-significant higher overall mean score than non-science-engineering students. They also scored higher in seven out of the eight subscales, but the differences were only significant in open-mindedness and justice-orientedness. 

scholarly journals The critical thinking dispositions of students around coffee plantation area in solving algebraic problems

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.10) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Kurniati Dian ◽  
Zayyadi Moh
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Coffee Plantation ◽  
Thinking Dispositions ◽  
Critical Thinking Dispositions ◽  
Thinking Disposition

The present study aimed at describing the dispositions of students around a coffee plantation in solving algebraic problems, especially those pertaining to fraction and comparison. Critical thinking disposition denotes the initial milestone to developing students’ critical thinking skills. The study investigated four components of critical thinking dispositions, comprising of truth-seeking, open-mindedness, self-confidence, and inquisitiveness. The subjects under investigation were 45 students at the second grade of a junior high school situated around Garahan coffee plantation in Jember district, East Java, Indonesia. The study covered several phases, inter alia, (1) describing problems on Algebra to the students, (2) recording any activities of the research subjects when doing tasks given, (3) analyzing the students’ answer sheets based on four components of critical thinking dispositions, (4) conducting method triangulation projected to confirm the preliminary findings on the students critical thinking dispositions, and (5) determining the students’ critical thinking dispositions based on the results of direct observation, video recording, and interview. The study gained several findings related to the students’ dispositions. First, the students’ tendency in truth-seeking was characterized by their analysis on the problems given on themes regarding coffee. This prevented them from making mistakes as they checked some information, be it known or unknown, as the bases for problem solving. However, not every student was aware of what was unknown about the problem or what was required to solve the problem. Second, their tendency in open-mindedness was evinced by the fact that they were assured of their answer as they related it to their experience in planting coffee. Nevertheless, some students tended to ask their parent when they had to determine the amount of diameter comparison between two logs to be connected. Third, they tended to be confident in solving problems given as they had experienced the activities described in the problem when they assisted their parents in planting coffee, but still some students had yet to be sure of their answers as they lacked the experience in planting coffee. Lastly, they tended to possess sound inquisitiveness concerning various issues pertinent to solving algebraic problems, especially themed on coffee. They acquired the inquisitiveness by observing the actual activity in their environment. Nonetheless, their inquisitiveness could not be generalized to algebraic lessons at school. 

scholarly journals Critical Thinking Dispositions of Agricultural Communications Students

2005 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Bisdorf-Rhoades ◽  
John Ricketts ◽  
Tracy Irani ◽  
Lisa Lundy ◽  
Ricky Telg
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Agricultural Communications ◽  
Thinking Dispositions ◽  
Critical Thinking Dispositions
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