Factors Promoting Critical Thinking among Students at Secondary School Level in Swabi
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Students, Secondary School Level, Swabi, KP, Pakistan, EducationAbstract
The study sought to find out the factors that promote critical thinking among students at the secondary school level in Swabi. There were 49 Government Girls High Schools in the district of Swabi. 819 female teachers constituted the population of the study. A cluster random sampling technique was used for sample selection. Ten government girls' high schools were randomly selected. From each school, 10 teachers were randomly selected as the sample of the study. The total number of participants was 100. A closed-ended questionnaire with 14 items on a Likert scale was created with the supervisor's input in regard to the subject's purpose in order to gather data from the respondents. The gathered information was displayed in tabular form. As a statistical tool, frequency and percentage were employed to assess the data. The study's findings showed that the majority of respondents used problem-based learning activities to encourage students' critical thinking. Most of the respondents viewed that asking the right questions helps in fostering students' critical thinking skills. Maximum number of respondents promoting Collaborative learning for the critical thinking of students. A great number of respondents were focusing on project-based learning for developing critical thinking skills.
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