Effects of schemata in enhancing critical thinking during problem based learning task

This study investigates the effects of schemata in enhancing critical thinking skills duringProblem based learning task. This is because many educated students are not capable to"think out of the box". In addition, they are also not able to use their critical thinking inwriting and speakin...

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Main Author: Julinamary A. Parnabas
Format: thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=5606
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Summary:This study investigates the effects of schemata in enhancing critical thinking skills duringProblem based learning task. This is because many educated students are not capable to"think out of the box". In addition, they are also not able to use their critical thinking inwriting and speaking. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to investigate whetherESL learners' content schemata and formal schemata enhance their critical thinking skillssuch as identifying problems, causes, effects and suggesting solutions during Problembased learning. Purposive sampling was conducted on a group of 6 respondents fromForm 2 in a rural secondary school, in Perak. This research is an ethnographic researchusing the Vignettes technique. Hence, the research instruments include the interview,writing task, and reading comprehension test. Data was analyzed using constantcomparison method. The findings of this research revealed that, both content schemataand formal schemata enhanced ESL learners' critical thinking during Problem basedlearning task. Thus, both content schemata and formal is a necessary skill to enhancestudents' critical thinking during Problem based learning task.