Abstract
The aim of this research is studying the effect of web- based learning(weblog) by problem solving approach on English Literature student's reflective thinking, who study in Islamic Azad University of Ardebil. Required data for this study was gathered through reflective thinking questionnaire -designed by Camber et al on the basis of Maziro's Theory- in pretest and posttest form, for the two experimental and control groups each consisting of 15 students. Analyzing the gained data showed that there was significant difference between the two experimental and control groups regarding the level of thinking about the three categories of understanding, reflection, and critical reflection, and it was significant in T-test at level 0.05 and this shows that the weblog based learning affects on the development of student's reflective thinking.
Highlights
The basic characteristic of human being is his/her thinking power, and education is the process that develops thinking process in human beings
Considering the average grade at the level of “habitual action” of the reflective-thinking test, are students who have learned through web-based way of learning beside the traditional one different from those who have learned only through traditional way of learning?
First question – the first question of the research is “Considering the average grade at the level of “habitual action” of the reflective-thinking test, are students who have learned through web-based way of learning beside the traditional one different from those who have learned only through traditional way of learning?”
Summary
The basic characteristic of human being is his/her thinking power, and education is the process that develops thinking process in human beings. The term “reflective thinking” was put forward for the first time by John Dewey about education He believes that reflective thinking is the process of wonderment solving that begins with a learning experiment [24]. Engaged in thinking in this ground and even thinkers such as Kember et al (2000) engaged in creating equipments to measure the level of reflective thinking in university on the basis of Mezirow’s theory that has been affected by John Dewey thoughts [22] This creation was previously taken place using equipments such as Cornel’s critical thinking test (CCTT) and the Watson - Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (WGCTA). From the view point of Mezirow, the first three levels are subsets of what he considers as a non-reflective thinking and they are habitual action, understanding, and introspection. At thinking level understanding that relates to cognition, introspection relates to our feelings or thinking
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