The Study of Critical Thinking skills of Seventh Grade Hmong Hilltribe Students in Tak Province

Journal of Education, Mahasarakham University

卷:11

Kritsana Lohakarok¹  Chaninan Pruekpramool¹  Kanchulee Punya-in²  Somson Wongyounoi³ 

[1] Science Education Center, Srinakharinwirot University;

[2] Bureau of Academic Affairs and Educational Standards, Office of the Basic Education Commission;

[3] Educational and Psychological Test Bureau, Srinakharinwirot University;

关键词: Critical thinking skills;    Hmong hilltribe students;    Problem defining;    Decision making and data processing;    Making conclusion;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of this study was to study critical thinking skills of Hmong hilltribestudents who were studying in seventh grade, in Tak province of Thailand. The researchinstrument used in this study was the critical thinking skills test developed by researcher. Thetest was a multiple-choice test which composed of 30 items with 30 total scores includingthree compositions of critical thinking skills ; 1) problem defining 2) decision making anddata processing and 3) making conclusion. The participant in this study were 30 Hmonghilltribe students using purposive sampling who were studying in seventh grade in academicyear 2015. The findings of the study revealed that the mean score of critical thinking skills ofHmong hilltribe students equaled 13.07. The maximum score was 20. The minimum scorewas 7 with the standard deviation 3.59. Moreover, the levels of critical thinking skills presentedthat 13.33% (n=4) of these students had critical thinking skills in a fair level, 23.33% (n=7)in a poor level and 63.33% (n=19) in a very poor level. In addition, considering separatelyin each composition of critical thinking skills, the results found that 60.24% of students gotthe right answers in decision making and data processing, 34.44% in problem defining and25.67% in making conclusion, respectively.

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