The Effect of Critical Thinking Teaching Strategy on the Critical Thinking of Female Tenth Grade Stu
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Abstract
The Effect of Using Critical Thinking Teaching Strategy on the Critical Thinking of Female Tenth Grade Students in Jordan
Sokaina Ibrahim AL-Mohammed
Mu’tah University, 2009
This study aimed at examining the effect of using critical thinking teaching strategy on the critical thinking of female tenth grade students in Al-Karak Directorate of Education. It examined the extent of the effectiveness of the critical thinking skills pedagogy correlate with tenth grade students' levels of linguistic competence (e.g. high, intermediate, low).
The sample of the study was chosen purposely consisted of (67) female tenth grade students assigned into two groups; an experimental group (34 students) and a control group (33 students).
To achieve the main goals for this research, the California Critical Thinking Skills form A was applied to the two samples of the study both as a pre and a post test.
The findings of the study showed that:
1. There were statistical differences between the two groups (control, experimental) in favor of experimental group.
There were no statistical differences between students in critical thinking due to the interaction between teaching strategy and linguistic competence. However, the study's' major recommendation is a call to other researchers to investigate other aspects of critical thinking pedagogy on the subject of English language in Jordan