Abstract

In this non-experimental quantitative study, it was aimed to investigate if high school students’ critical thinking (CT) dispositions, decision making (DM) styles, and perceived problem solving (PS) skills differ by gender and their CT dispositions and DM styles are significant predictors of perceived PS skills. The study was carried out with 170 high school students and the data were collected with UF/EMI Critical Thinking Disposition Instrument, Problem Solving Skills Perception Scale, and Adolescent Decision Making Questionnaire. It was found out that gender did not significantly affect students’ CT dispositions, perceived PS skills, and DM styles except for decisional self-esteem. Also, CT dispositions (engagement, maturity, and innovativeness) and DM styles (decisional self-esteem, vigilance, panic, cop out, and complacency) were significant predictors of the students’ perceived PS skills. While CT dispositions explained 51% of the total variance on students’ perceived PS skills, DM styles explained 48% of the total variance.

摘要

在这项非实验性定量研究中，旨在调查高中生的批判性思维 (CT) 性格、决策 (DM) 风格和感知问题解决 (PS) 技能是否因性别及其 CT 性格和 DM 风格而异是感知 PS 技能的重要预测因素。该研究对 170 名高中生进行，数据采用 UF/EMI 批判性思维处置工具、问题解决技能感知量表和青少年决策问卷收集。结果发现，除了决策自尊外，性别对学生的 CT 性格、感知 PS 技能和 DM 风格没有显着影响。此外，CT 性格（敬业度、成熟度和创新性）和 DM 风格（决定性自尊、警惕、恐慌、逃避、和自满）是学生感知 PS 技能的重要预测因素。虽然 CT 性格解释了学生感知 PS 技能的总方差的 51%，但 DM 风格解释了总方差的 48%。