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To design instruction based on student learning preferences and evaluate how open-ended activities foster mathematical critical thinking skills in polynomials across different achievement levels.

January 27, 2022Education Research InternationalOpen Access

Developing Students’ Mathematical Critical Thinking Skills Using Open-Ended Questions and Activities Based on Student Learning Preferences

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To design instruction based on student learning preferences and evaluate how open-ended activities foster mathematical critical thinking skills in polynomials across different achievement levels.
Conducted a two-phase embedded mixed-methods study involving 28 seventh graders selected via cluster random sampling from a boys' junior high school in Bangkok, Thailand (cohort N=98).
Employed expert-validated questionnaires, lesson plans, exit tickets, interviews, and polynomial-based critical thinking tests assessed for reliability through item analysis.
Across all performance tiers, students predominantly preferred active participation—including educational games, real-life problem solving, and listening tasks—over traditional reading and writing.
Critical thinking scores ranked as fair among high-achieving and fair-achieving students, and poor among low-achieving students.
Analysis emerged as the strongest critical thinking subskill for high- and low-achieving students, whereas interpretation was highest among fair-achieving students.

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A mixed-methods study demonstrates varied critical thinking profiles in junior high math students, suggesting tailored open-ended activities support reasoning across achievement levels.

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Monrat et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a107486d478ddac0ffcf744 https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/3300363

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A mixed-methods study demonstrates varied critical thinking profiles in junior high math students, suggesting tailored open-ended activities support reasoning across achievement levels.

Developing Students’ Mathematical Critical Thinking Skills Using Open-Ended Questions and Activities Based on Student Learning Preferences

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Developing Students’ Mathematical Critical Thinking Skills Using Open-Ended Questions and Activities Based on Student Learning Preferences

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