The effect of interdisciplinary teaching approach on the creative and critical thinking skills of gifted pupils

IF 3.7 2区 教育学 Q1 Social Sciences
Hamza Kaynar, Ahmet Kurnaz
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The aim of this study is to develop "Teaching Practices to Improve Thinking Skills Based on an Interdisciplinary Approach (PTSIA)" and to examine its effect on creative thinking and critical thinking skills of gifted fifth-grade students. This study used explanatory sequential design, which is a mixed research method that combines quantitative and qualitative research techniques. The study group of the research consisted of 62 gifted fifth grade students. For the students in the experimental group, the activities in accordance with the results prepared for the PTSIA for the students in the experimental group were carried out for a total of 45 h, 3 h per week during the extracurricular hours. The study used both quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques. Quantitative data were analysed using the independent samples t-test, which is one of the relational statistics based on the comparison of two variables, experimental and control groups, and Cohen d values were calculated to determine the effect size. Qualitative data were analysed using descriptive and content analysis. It was concluded that the PTSIA prepared with the research were effective in developing creative and critical thinking skills, which are among the high-level thinking skills of gifted students. The applications were found to be beautiful, interesting, intriguing, and exciting by the students. It was concluded that teachers had positive opinions about the practices. Based on the results obtained from this study, the use of an interdisciplinary approach in teaching practices aimed at developing students' thinking skills will facilitate the acquisition of cognitive thinking abilities and their application to daily life. This approach will enable students to more clearly perceive the relationships between events, facts, and ideas, and learn to establish deeper connections between them by integrating various disciplines and perspectives.

跨学科教学法对资优学生创造性和批判性思维能力的影响
本研究旨在开发 "基于跨学科方法的提高思维能力教学实践(PTSIA)",并考察其对五年级资优学生创造性思维和批判性思维能力的影响。本研究采用了解释性顺序设计,这是一种结合了定量和定性研究技术的混合研究方法。研究小组由 62 名五年级资优学生组成。对于实验组的学生,根据为实验组学生准备的 PTSIA 结果,在课外时间开展了每周 3 小时、共计 45 小时的活动。研究采用了定量和定性数据分析技术。定量数据采用独立样本 t 检验进行分析,该检验是基于两个变量(实验组和对照组)比较的关系统计之一,并通过计算科恩 d 值来确定效应大小。定性数据采用描述性和内容分析法进行分析。结论是,研究编制的 PTSIA 能有效培养资优学生的创造性思维和批判性思维能力,而这正是资优学生的高级思维能力之一。学生们认为这些应用美观、有趣、引人入胜、令人兴奋。结论是,教师对这些做法持肯定态度。根据本研究的结果,在教学实践中采用跨学科方法培养学生的思维能力,将有助于学生获得认知思维能力并将其应用于日常生活。这种方法将使学生能够更清晰地感知事件、事实和观点之间的关系,并学会通过整合不同学科和视角在它们之间建立更深层次的联系。
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Thinking Skills and Creativity
Thinking Skills and Creativity EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
CiteScore
6.40
自引率
16.20%
发文量
172
审稿时长
76 days
期刊介绍: Thinking Skills and Creativity is a new journal providing a peer-reviewed forum for communication and debate for the community of researchers interested in teaching for thinking and creativity. Papers may represent a variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches and may relate to any age level in a diversity of settings: formal and informal, education and work-based.
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