The Impact of Using Blogs on the Development of Critical Thinking Skills Among Learners of the Faculty of Education Who are Enrolled in Arabic Language Course Case Study: Middle East University
Journal: Research Journal of Education (Vol.5, No. 2)Publication Date: 2019-02-04
Authors : Khalida Abdul Rahman Shatat; Hamzeh Abdel Fattah Al-Assaf;
Page : 15-24
Keywords : Blogging; Critical thinking skills (Inference; Recognition of assumptions; Deduction; Interpretation; And evaluation of arguments) Watson/glaser Test; Arabic language teaching and learning.;
Abstract
The study investigates the impact of using blogs on the development of critical thinking skills among learners of the faculty of education who are enrolled in Arabic language course. The study has been applied to 90 male and female learners from the Faculty of Education at the Middle East University. The researcher has used a semi-experimental approach and the equivalent set method, since it fits the purposes of the study. Watson-Glaser™ Critical Thinking Appraisal has been used in developing a test to measure learners' level of critical thinking skills. The study revealed statistically significant differences at the significance level of (0.01) in favor of the experimental group regarding Inference, Deduction, Recognition of Assumptions and Interpretation dimensions. The results also revealed statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.05) in favor of the experimental groups regarding Recognition of Assumptions dimension. Moreover, the study unveiled statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.01) between the experimental group and control group that can be attributed to critical thinking skills in favor of the experimental group. There are also statistically significant differences at the level (0.01) of significance, between the pre and post evaluation regarding argument evaluation, interpretation and inference skills in favor of the post evaluation. Differences were significant in identifying the hypotheses and deviations at the level of (0.05) in favor of the post-evaluation. Finally, it became clear that statistically significant differences at a level of significance less than (0.05) exist between the pre and post evaluations in favor of the post-evaluation of critical thinking skills.
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