Critical thinking and discovering the meaning of unfamiliar terms through the word part analysis strategy: A study of Iranian medical students

Taie, Masumeh

doi:10.1016/j.esp.2015.05.001

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“…Inquiry/discovery-based instruction is one of the ways to improve critical thinking skills [5,9]. It is a teaching and learning process that encourages students to search for new information and investigate it systematically, critically, logically, and analytically so that they can confidently formulate their own discovery [2].…”

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Inquiry / Discovery-Based Instruction to Improve Critical Thinking Skills and Mastery of Physics Concepts

Huda¹,

Aji²,

Hudha³

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Education Innovation (ICEI 2017)

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Inquiry/discovery-based instruction is a teaching model that enables students actively and independently discover and acquire their knowledge. The role of the teacher is only as a facilitator that guides them to discover and solve the problems they encounter. Using one group pretest and postest design, the present study was aimed to find out the effectiveness of inquiry/discovery-based teaching to improve high school students' critical thinking skills and mastery of physics concepts. An effect size was used to measure the effectiveness of the inquiry/discovery-based instruction. Moreover, the improvement of critical thinking skills and mastery of physics concepts was seen from an N-Gain analysis using a two-way MANOVA statistical test. The result of the study showed that inquiry/discovery-based instruction was effective in improving critical thinking skills and students' mastery of physics concepts during the discovery process in conducting an experiment.

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confidence: 99%

Inquiry / Discovery-Based Instruction to Improve Critical Thinking Skills and Mastery of Physics Concepts

Huda¹,

Aji²,

Hudha³

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Education Innovation (ICEI 2017)

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“…Many studies claim a need for the development of critical thinking in higher-education students jointly with other skills needed for their future professional activity. Masumeh Taie [1] considers the development of critical thinking abilities and introduces the concept of the "critical thinking movement". This movement has evolved as a reaction against the failures of many educational programs to meet their objectives since many college graduates are not qualified enough for real professional endeavors and do not possess higher-order thinking skills.…”

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Development of Integrative Skills in Higher-Education Students

Fagimovna¹,

Германовна²

2018

Helix

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This study deals with the development of critical thinking in higher-education students and identifies the integrative skills that a graduate student will need in their future professional activity. Also, the article exposes the features of teamwork in the development of critical thinking in students. We suggest a model of development of critical thinking in highereducation students and identify pedagogical conditions for the effectiveness of critical thinking development in higher-education students during teamwork.

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A mixed-methods study of English vocabulary for medical purposes: medical students’ needs, difficulties, and strategies

Reynolds

Zhang

Ding

2021

Applied Linguistics Review

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This mixed-methods study investigated the English medical vocabulary strategies, needs, and difficulties of Taiwanese medical school students via an open- and closed-ended questionnaire (n = 17), a test measuring vocabulary size (n = 17), student interviews (n = 5), and teacher interviews (n = 3). Students reported using some vocabulary strategies more than others. A statistically significant negative relationship between students’ English vocabulary size and their use of word cards for vocabulary learning was also revealed. Through analysis of the interview data gathered from the medical students and their English teachers, five vocabulary learning difficulties faced by the medical students were uncovered: (1) nonexistent intentional English vocabulary learning, (2) stagnant specialized medical English vocabulary acquisition, (3) lack of sufficient contextualized academic English writing practice with newly encountered specialized medical vocabulary; (4) lack of teacher feedback on the students’ vocabulary use; and (5) lack of pedagogical communication among faculty. The pedagogical implications of these results were discussed with a focus on improving students’ vocabulary learning efficiency in light of their specialized English medical vocabulary needs.

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Critical thinking and discovering the meaning of unfamiliar terms through the word part analysis strategy: A study of Iranian medical students

Cited by 3 publications

References 13 publications

Inquiry / Discovery-Based Instruction to Improve Critical Thinking Skills and Mastery of Physics Concepts

Inquiry / Discovery-Based Instruction to Improve Critical Thinking Skills and Mastery of Physics Concepts

Development of Integrative Skills in Higher-Education Students

A mixed-methods study of English vocabulary for medical purposes: medical students’ needs, difficulties, and strategies

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