Are Male and Female Students Different in High-Order Thinking Skills?

Five High Order Thinking Skills

The high technology like computers and calculators has profoundly changed the world of mathematics education. It is not only what aspects of mathematics are essential for learning, but also how mathematics is done and what attitude towards mathematics learning is fostered. Therefore, apart from mathematical content, thinking processes and attitude are also essential core components for mathemat...

Assessment Techniques and Students’ Higher-Order Thinking Skills

Improving students’ higher-order thinking skills is a collective experience; one teacher of a specific subject cannot alone improve the higher-order thinking skills, and it is a collaborative process between all subjects’ teachers and can be taught for all levels of studying (Lawson, 1993; Shellens, & Valcke, 2005). Moreover, Benjamin (2008) argues that these skills can be developed in a cumula...

the influence of social and cultural capital on efl students critical thinking skills

the major aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between social and cultural capital and efl students’ critical thinking skills. this study takes this relationship in to account to see if people with different sociocultural status are different regarding their critical thinking skills. to this end, 160 university students majoring in english language and literature, english trans...

exploring senior high-school iranian students’ dominant learning style preferences in learning english: how are “good language learners” different from the majority?

چکیده بسیاری از محققان جنبه های مختلفی از سبک های یادگیری را مورد بررسی قرار داده اند. با این وجود، مطالعات بسیار کمی تعاملات بین مفاهیم سبک های یادگیری و " زبان آموزان خوب" " را در مورد توجه قرار داده است. بدین دلیل، هدف کلی این مطالعه بررسی ترجیحات سبکهای یادگیری غالب در دانش آموزان دبیرستانی ایران، و مقایسه آن با ترجیحات سبکهای یادگیری غالب " زبان آموزان خوب" می باشد. با این هدف ، پرسشنامه ...

High-Performing Students with Low Critical Thinking Skills