ERIC Number: EJ1067237
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Jul
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-2324-805X
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Investigating Academic Achievements and Critical Thinking Dispositions of Teacher Candidates
Karagöl, Ibrahim; Bekmezci, Sinan
Journal of Education and Training Studies, v3 n4 p86-92 Jul 2015
The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between academic achievements and critical thinking dispositions of teacher candidates in Faculty of Education and to find out whether critical thinking dispositions and academic achievements scores of teacher candidates differ according to different variables. The population consists of the teacher candidates at the Department of Primary School Teaching, Social Science Teaching, Turkish Teaching and Science Teaching at Ege University and Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Education. The study group was determined by convenience sampling method. Scores of teacher candidates obtained through "Critical Thinking Dispositions Inventory" developed by Akbiyik (2002) and students' overall grade point average were used in the study. SPSS 17.00 program was used for analysis of the data. Research design is survey and correlational model. By the findings; critical thinking dispositions of teacher candidates do not differ according to gender, but academic achievement differs according to the gender. Both critical thinking dispositions and academic achievements of teacher candidates do not differ according to type of school. Critical thinking dispositions of teacher candidates differ according to field of study. There is a positive and weak relationship between critical thinking dispositions and academic achievements of teacher candidates.
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Academic Achievement, Thinking Skills, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries, Correlation, Preservice Teachers, Grade Point Average, Scores, Sampling, Gender Differences, Institutional Characteristics, Student Attitudes, Measures (Individuals), Student Characteristics, High Schools, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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