The effects of teamwork on critical thinking: A serial mediation analysis of the influence of work skills and educational motivation in secondary school students

Abstract

The present study proposed to establish an explanatory theoretical model and sought to compare a serial mediation model in order to associate the influence of teamwork, trough work skills and educational motivation, on critical thinking in secondary school student. The research design was ex post facto and cross-sectional. A quantitative methodology was applied, taking a single measurement from a sample of 1159 participating secondary school students from Spain. Outcomes provide evidence that greater teamwork is related with better developed critical thinking skills. Further, greater teamwork and higher degrees of motivation increased critical thinking, whilst better conceptions of teamwork impacted upon better future work skills. Resultantly, these outcomes imply better educational motivation and higher levels of critical thinking.