Infusing higher-order thinking skills into Engineering Drawing instruction produced significantly higher critical thinking disposition than conventional drill-based teaching after 8 weeks¶

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q2 i? After an 8-week infusion-approach intervention, the treatment group scored significantly higher than the control group on critical thinking disposition (post-test F(1, 58) = 6.79, p = .012). → Norazlinda Mohd Darby & Abdullah Mat Rashid 2017

Evidence¶

Norazlinda Mohd Darby & Abdullah Mat Rashid 2017¶

Norazlinda Mohd Darby & Abdullah Mat Rashid. (2017). Critical Thinking Disposition: The Effects of Infusion Approach in Engineering Drawing. Journal of Education and Learning, 6(3). https://doi.org/10.5539/jel.v6n3p305

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Quasi-experiment with non-equivalent control group design: 29 control and 31 treatment students at two Technical Matriculation Colleges, 8 weeks of Engineering Drawing instruction. One-way ANOVA on MACTI post-test showed "a significant diff erence (p < .05)" between the groups.

"The results from the analysis reveal ed that there was a significant diff erence (p < .05) in Critical Thinking Disposition between the two groups on the post-test: F (1, 58) = 6.79, p = .012"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Critical Thinking — outcome: instruction changes it

Drill-based, exam-oriented teaching environments are associated with negative thinking dispositions such as indifference, bias and negligence — reports the opposite
Descriptive means moved in opposite directions: the treatment group's critical thinking disposition mean rose while the control group's fell — related
Effectiveness of CT instruction varies with year level: first-year students benefited most under general or infusion approaches — a broader claim this one bears on
Intervention duration significantly moderates Gen-AI's effect on HOT, with the strongest effects at 8–16 weeks (ES = 0.759) and weaker effects for shorter (0.494) and longer (0.372) interventions — a broader claim this one bears on

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