The Relationship between Critical Thinking Skills and Democratic Attitudes of 4th Class Primary School Students

Autor/in	Aslan, Serkan
Titel	The Relationship between Critical Thinking Skills and Democratic Attitudes of 4th Class Primary School Students
Quelle	In: International Journal of Progressive Education, 14 (2018) 6, S.61-69 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1554-5210
Schlagwörter	Critical Thinking; Thinking Skills; Democratic Values; Grade 4; Elementary School Students; Gender Differences; Correlation; Foreign Countries; Student Attitudes; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritisches Denken; Denkfähigkeit; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Geschlechterkonflikt; Korrelation; Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Türkei
Abstract	This research aims to explore the relationship between critical thinking skills and democratic attitudes of 4th class primary school students. The research used a relational screening model, which is one of the screening models. The sample consisted of 221 4th class students who were selected by the simple random sampling method. The study has employed the 'Critical Thinking Scale' and the 'Democratic Attitude Scale'. Descriptive statistics, multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), Pearson product-moment correlation analysis and simple linear regression analysis were used to analyse the data. The results have revealed that 4th class primary school students have a high level of critical thinking skills and democratic attitudes. No significant difference has been determined between students' critical thinking skills in terms of gender, while a significant difference has been identified for democratic attitudes in favour of female students. The results also have suggested a medium-level relationship between students' critical thinking skills and their democratic attitudes, and that critical thinking skills significantly predict democratic attitudes. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Association of Educators. Egitim Fakultesi Dekanligi, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale 17100, Turkey. e-mail: secretary@inased.org; Web site: http://www.inased.org/ijpe.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01