Teaching and Assessing Critical Thinking Skills at Tertiary Level: Students’ Perceptions Cover Image

Percepcije studenata o podučavanju i vrednovanju kritičkog mišljenja u univerzitetskoj nastavi
Teaching and Assessing Critical Thinking Skills at Tertiary Level: Students’ Perceptions

Author(s): Amina Čeho Osmanović
Subject(s): Education, Adult Education
Published by: JU ‘’Bosanski kulturni centar Kantona Sarajevo’’
Keywords: critical thinking; foreign language learners; tertiary education; teaching for critical thinking; critical thinking assessment;

Summary/Abstract: Through the implementation of structured interviews, this study design sought to investigate the students’ perceptions about the critical thinking skills infusion at English as a foreign language classroom. The purpose of this analysis is to focus on the underlying logical dimensions and perceptions of high and low critical thinking test scorers, and to discover how and why they differ. This research problem has been investigated qualitatively. Students were divided into two groups: the high and the low critical thinking test achievers. Te results indicated the lack of differences in students’ answers about the quality of teaching processes and assessment methods that promote critical thinking in English language classroom. To ensure better validity of the results, a larger number of participants should be included.

  • Issue Year: XXI/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 21-37
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English