Proposal of problem-based learning program to improve the critical thinking level of first-grade students from Manuel Scorza educational institution
Journal Title: Prohominum - Year 2021, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
One of the objectives of education is to promote and encourage students' capacity for analysis, critical thinking and dissertation in the face of diverse situations in their environment, and this form an integral and proactive being. That is why, in view of the weakness observed, this research aims to analyze the Problem-Based Learning program as a tool to improve critical thinking in first year high school students of the Manuel Scorza de Piura Educational Institution.The study used the quantitative approach, employing the hypothetico-deductive method, under a non-experimental research design of field study type and descriptive level. The study population and the sample consisted of 114 first-year students at the Manuel Scorza Educational Institution of Piura for the year 2020. The data collection technique used was the survey and direct observation, and the instruments used were the questionnaire and the classification form. The processing technique of the data collected was the statistical-inferential analysis. It is concluded that critical thinking and the cognitive skills involved, of the first year high school students of the Manuel Scorza educational institution, are at a process level; this implies the need to study and apply the PBL program to improve the level of critical thinking of the students
Authors and Affiliations
Miriam Cecilia Zapata-Garay, Mariella Ileana Varona-Rosas, Herminda Guerrero-Guerrero, María Lizzeeth Calle-Rivera, Segunda Angelita Bizueta-Lozada
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