The Use of Newspaper Articles as a Tool to Develop Critical Thinking in Science Classes

The aim of this research is to identify the difficulties experienced by secondary school students (aged 15-16) with the critical reading of newspaper articles with scientific content. Two newspaper critical reading activities in relation to the study of various scientific contents were designed and...

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Autores: Oliveras Prat, Begonya|||0000-0003-1315-1126, Márquez, Conxita|||0000-0001-9660-5124, Sanmartí, Neus|||0000-0001-8503-1006
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Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Critical thinking
Newspaper critical reading
Scientific literacy
Secondary school
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title The Use of Newspaper Articles as a Tool to Develop Critical Thinking in Science Classes
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Oliveras Prat, Begonya|||0000-0003-1315-1126
Critical thinking
Newspaper critical reading
Scientific literacy
Secondary school
title_short The Use of Newspaper Articles as a Tool to Develop Critical Thinking in Science Classes
title_full The Use of Newspaper Articles as a Tool to Develop Critical Thinking in Science Classes
title_fullStr The Use of Newspaper Articles as a Tool to Develop Critical Thinking in Science Classes
title_full_unstemmed The Use of Newspaper Articles as a Tool to Develop Critical Thinking in Science Classes
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dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Oliveras Prat, Begonya|||0000-0003-1315-1126
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Newspaper critical reading
Scientific literacy
Secondary school
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Newspaper critical reading
Scientific literacy
Secondary school
description The aim of this research is to identify the difficulties experienced by secondary school students (aged 15-16) with the critical reading of newspaper articles with scientific content. Two newspaper critical reading activities in relation to the study of various scientific contents were designed and carried out in two schools (61 students in total), one with a student population from a medium to high social and economic bracket and the other with students from a medium to low social and economic bracket. These activities were designed taking into account the phases of the reading process: before, during and after reading. In order to analyse the difficulties 'Elements of science critical reading' were identified on the basis of the 'Elements of reasoning' of Paul and Elder and the categories proposed by Bartz C.R.I.T.I.C. questionnaire and a scale was drawn up. The results show that the activities designed were useful in helping students to read critically. We also rated very positively the instrument created to assess the students' answers: the scale based on the performance indicators of Paul and Elder. This instrument enabled us to detect the aspects of critical thinking where students have the most difficulties: identifying the writer's purpose and looking for evidence in a text. It was also shown that the stance taken in the articles also had an influence on the results.
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