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ERIC Number: EJ1264769
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Sep
Pages: 15
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ISSN: EISSN-1304-6020
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Analyzing the Relationships between Pre-Service Chemistry Teachers' Science Process Skills and Critical Thinking Skills
Journal of Turkish Science Education, v16 n3 p299-313 Sep 2019
This research investigated the relationships between pre-service chemistry teachers' science process skills and critical thinking skills. The sample consisted of 146 pre-service chemistry teachers (47 males, 99 females) drawn from an Indonesian public university in the first semester of 2017/2018 academic year. Through a quantitative correlational research design, convenience sampling was employed. To collect data, an Observation Checklist for Science Process Skills (OCSPS) and an Oliver-Hoyo Rubric for Critical Thinking Skills (OHRCT) were used. The results showed that pre-service chemistry teachers' science process and critical thinking skills were low. Further, it was found that there was a significant difference between mean scores of females' and males' science process skills and critical thinking skills in favor of females' ones (p < 0.05). Furthermore, it was elicited that there was a significant difference between mean scores of their science process skills and critical thinking skills in terms of grade (p < 0.05). Lastly, a high positive and linear correlation between their science process skills and critical thinking skills appeared when chemistry laboratory course was taken into consideration (r = 0.793; p < 0.05). It can be concluded that an increase in students' critical thinking skills influences their science process skills. To improve their performances through research-based educational programs, some implications were made.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indonesia
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