Contribution of Emotional Intelligence towards Graduate Students’ Critical Thinking Disposition

Abstract

Good critical thinkers possess a core set of cognitive thinking skills, and a disposition towards critical thinking. They are able to think critically to solve complex, real-world problems effectively. Although personal emotion is important in critical thinking, it is often a neglected issue. The emotional intelligence in this study concerns our sensitivity to and artful handling of our own and others' emotions. Engaging students emotionally is the key to strengthening their dispositions toward critical thinking. Hence, a study involving 338 male and female graduate students from a public university was carried out. They rated the Emotional Intelligence Scale and Critical Thinking Disposition Scale. Findings suggested that emotional intelligence and critical thinking disposition were positively correlated (r=.609). Differences in terms of age, gender, and course of study also formed part of the analysis.

The Effect of Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence on Academic Achievement of Indonesian EFL Learners

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The Effect of Emotional Intelligence Levels of Tourism Students on Their Critical Thinking Disposition

“…This refers that if emotional intelligence increases, critical thinking disposition will also raise highly. In a similar vein, the following studies suggest a significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence and critical thinking: Li et al ( 2021) medical students, Christianson (2020) nursing students, Vahedi, Heydarlou and Imanzadeh (2015) and Kaya, et al (2017) undergraduate nursing students, Eskidemir (2020) undergraduate and graduate nursing students, Kang (2015), graduate students at Faculty of Educational Research, Sk and Halder (2020) first year undergraduate students, Afshar and Rahimi (2014), Iranian English learners. On the other hand, the investigation conducted by Lease (2018) on fifth grade students does not back this research.…”

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