Insight from the association between critical thinking and English argumentative writing: catering to English learners' writing ability.
Argumentative writing
Cognitive process
Critical thinking
Critical thinking disposition
Learners’ writing ability
Journal
PeerJ
ISSN: 2167-8359
Titre abrégé: PeerJ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101603425
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
29
03
2023
accepted:
19
10
2023
medline:
1
12
2023
pubmed:
29
11
2023
entrez:
29
11
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
English argumentative writing (EAW) is a 'problem-solving' cognitive process, and its relationship with critical thinking has drawn attention in China. This is because fostering EAW proficiency is a crucial element but a challenging task for Chinese high school English teaching and learning. The present study examined how critical thinking is related to Chinese high school students' EAW performance. The study identified eight critical thinking disposition (CTD) subscales and aims to determine whether EAW and CTD are correlated. A questionnaire modified from the Chinese Version Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CTDI-CV) and the Evaluation Criteria for English Argumentative Writing (ECEAW) were employed in this study. Both instruments were administered to 156 students from Grade 12. A purposive sampling of high school students was used in this study. Student EAW performance was scored by two experts based on the Evaluation Criteria for English Argumentative Writing. A significant relationship was found between students' CTD and EAW abilities. Furthermore, among the eight CTD subdispositions, cognitive maturity, truth-seeking, analyticity, and justice were found to be positively correlated with EAW, and they all were found to be the main predictors of EAW proficiency among high school students. Zhangzhou high school students' CTDs were overall positive, and students' EAW performance correlated significantly with the overall CTD and its four subdispositions of cognitive maturity, truth-seeking, analyticity, and justice. These four subdispositions showed a significantly predictive validity on EAW performance as well.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38025684
doi: 10.7717/peerj.16435
pii: 16435
pmc: PMC10666613
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e16435Informations de copyright
© 2023 Hu and Saleem.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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