Abstract
In today’s rapidly developing technology, individuals are expected to know the ways of accessing information and to have advanced thinking skills. One of these skills is reflective thinking skills. In this study, the relationship between secondary school students’ reflective thinking skills towards problem-solving and learning and study approaches was examined. A correlational survey model was used in the research. The sample of the study consists of 633 secondary school students studying in a province located in the Southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey. Within the scope of the research, a questionnaire form was applied to the students to collect the reflective thinking skills for problem solving, the learning and study approach scale, and their personal information. According to the data obtained from the research, it was found that there was a positive and moderate level relationship between students’ reflective thinking skills towards problem-solving and their deep and strategic learning and study approaches, whereas a negative and low-level significant relationship was found between surface learning and study approach. In addition, it was concluded that learning and study approaches are a significant predictor of students’ reflective thinking skills towards problem-solving and that the dimensions of learning and study approaches explain 20% of reflective thinking skills towards problem-solving.
Highlights
The study aims to reveal the predictive status of secondary school students learning and studying approaches to their reflective thinking skills towards problem-solving
When the arithmetic mean scores of the students regarding their learning and study approaches were examined, it was determined that the arithmetic mean score of the surface approach was 2.83, the arithmetic means a score of the deep approach was 3.83, and the strategic approach was 3.82
It has been determined that the surface approach is at a medium level, and the deep approach and strategic approach are at a adequate level for secondary school students
Summary
Research ModelThe research was carried out according to a correlational survey model, which is one of the quantitative research approaches. A correlational survey model is used in studies conducted to determine whether there is a change between two or more two variables (Karasar, 2012). The study group of the research consists of secondary school students in the provincial center of a province in the Southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey. Since it is difficult to reach the entire population (due to time and economic reasons), the study was conducted on the sample representing the population. In this context, it is stated that it is sufficient to have a sample of 370-378, which can represent the population in the range of 10,000-25,000 with 5% error (Yazıcıoğlu & Erdoğan, 2004). It was determined that 22.4% (142) of the students were 5th grade, 22.4% (142) were 6th grade, 27.2% (172) were 7th grade and 28% (177) were 8th grade
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