理科学習における中学生の批判的思考に関する調査研究

A Research Study on the Critical Thinking of Junior High School Students in Science

Kinoshita Hiroyoshi

Yamanaka Shingo

広島大学大学院教育学研究科紀要. 第二部, 文化教育開発関連領域

Bulletin of the Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University. Part. II, Arts and science education

This study intended to clarify the realities of critical thinking of junior high school students in science learning as well as the factor structure influencing it. A 35-question survey was conducted on 663 1st- to 3rd-year junior high school students to achieve this end. 　

The results indicated that although there were no differences observed in "exploratory and rational thinking", "multi-faceted thinking" and "a feeling of healthy skepticism" as the realities of critical thinking, "reflective thinking" is not working as compared to the others. In addition, the causal relationship of "the more a student engages in exploratory and rational thinking, the more they engage in reflective thinking" was also clarified as a factor structure that influences the critical thinking of students. At the same time, the causal relationship of "the more a student engages in multi-faceted thinking, the more they engage in reflective thinking" was also clarified.

junior high school students

critical thinking

structure of factors

questionnaire survey

中学生

批判的思考

要因構造

質問紙調査

Education [ 370 ]

jpn

広島大学大学院教育学研究科

[ISSN] 1346-5554

[NCID] AA11618725