Critical thinking skills and problem solving skills are highly positively and significantly correlated in preservice elementary teachers¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q2 · i3 large
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i3 Posttest critical thinking and problem solving scores correlate positively and significantly (r=.619; p=.000), with higher critical thinking accompanying higher problem solving. → Irwanto 2018

Evidence¶

Irwanto 2018¶

Irwanto, Saputro, A. D., Rohaeti, E., & Prodjosantoso, A. K. (2018). Promoting Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills of Preservice Elementary Teachers through Process-Oriented Guided-Inquiry Learning (POGIL). International Journal of Instruction, 11(4), 777-794. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1191708

q2 · i3 · causal · r2

Spearman's rho correlation across all 48 participants' scores in the quasi-experimental study found "a high positive and significant correlation between critical thinking and problem solving skills (r=.619; p=.000)". The article interprets this as problem solving rising when critical thinking rises.

"The findings indicated that there was a high positive and significant correlation between critical thinking and problem solving skills (r=.619; p=.000)"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Critical Thinking — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
• Problem Solving — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• POGIL instruction produces significantly higher posttest problem solving skills than traditional lecture among preservice elementary teachers — related
• POGIL instruction produces significantly higher posttest critical thinking skills than traditional lecture among preservice elementary teachers — related
• POGIL and traditional-lecture groups showed no significant pretest differences in critical thinking or problem solving skills — related
• Metacognitive strategies correlate strongly with problem-solving skills, and behavioural metrics correlate with task performance — related
• Total perception score correlates positively with total outcome score (r = 0.709) and total satisfaction score (r = 0.740) — related