Purposely teaching for higher order thinking skills enhances high school students' critical thinking compared with traditional teaching¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q3
Currency · newest study 2007 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? High school students exposed to teaching strategies designed for enhancing higher order thinking skills showed statistically significant improvement in critical thinking skills components compared with traditionally taught control groups. → Miri 2007

Evidence¶

Miri 2007¶

Miri, B., David, BC. & Uri, Z. (2007). Purposely Teaching for the Promotion of Higher-order Thinking Skills: A Case of Critical Thinking. Res Sci Educ 37, 353–369. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-006-9029-2

q3 · i? · causal · r1

Longitudinal case study with a pre-, post-, and post–post experimental design comparing an experimental group of science students (n = 57) with two traditionally taught control groups. The article reports "a statistically significant improvement on critical thinking skills components"; no effect size is printed.

"we have found that the experimental group showed a statistically significant improvement on critical thinking skills components and disposition towards critical thinking subscales, such as truth-seeking, open-mindedness, self-confidence, and maturity, compared with the control groups."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Critical Thinking — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Direct CT instruction combined with modeling, coaching, and discussion yields more consistent CT improvement than implicit teaching strategies — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
• The study used a three-group longitudinal design with an experimental science group and two traditionally taught controls — related
• HOTS-oriented teaching improves disposition towards critical thinking subscales including truth-seeking, open-mindedness, self-confidence, and maturity — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• GCLA use enhances higher-order thinking skills—critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity—compared with traditional ChatGPT use — related
• GenAI-assisted education produces significantly higher higher-order thinking abilities than non-GenAI approaches (g = 0.72) — a broader claim this one bears on