The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the cognitive questioning preference levels of both teachers and students and student achievement in critical thinking. Based on the scores of the Cognitive Questioning Preference Inventory for Teachers (CQPIT), one teacher who preferred lower-level cognitive questions and one teacher who preferred higher-level cognitive questions were identified. These two teachers' students, in grades five and six, were classified into a higher-level cognitive questioning preference group (n = 30) and a lower-level cognitive questioning preference group (n = 53) based on scores on the Cognitive Questioning Preference Inventory for Students (CQPIS). A critical thinking test, Test of Inquiry Social Studies, was administered to the subjects near the end of the school year. To test the research hypotheses, the resulting scores were analyzed using the Chi-square test. The result of the statistical analysis revealed that students' and teachers' cognitive questioning preference levels were not related to the variable of students' achievement in critical thinking ability. However, a match of cognitive questioning preference between teachers and students was significantly related to the students' achievement levels in critical thinking. The relationship was particularly strong in the match of cognitive questioning preference between the higher-level cognitive questioning preferenced teacher and the higher-level cognitive questioning preferenced students. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-03, Section: A, page: 0656. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74796 |
| Contributors | SONG, YONG-UI., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 155 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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