Critical and creative thinking as learning processes at top-ranking Chinese middle schools: possibilities and required improvements

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	Critical and creative thinking as learning processes at top-ranking Chinese middle schools: possibilities and required improvements
	Liu, Z. K.; He, J.; Li, B.
摘要	Fostering and enabling critical and creative thinking of students is considered an important goal, and it is assumed that in particular, talented students have considerable potential for applying such high-level cognitive processes for learning in classrooms. However, Chinese students are often considered as rote learners, and that learning environments at Chinese schools will not allow thinking critically and creatively. The present exploratory study examines these assumptions with students at top-ranking middle schools in mainland China who have been selected for their high achievement scores in the examinations required for acceptance to such schools. Our findings in eight large mathematics classrooms (n =381) strongly suggest that it is possible to acquire knowledge by thinking critically and creatively in these traditionally instructed classes, and that higher achieving students use such processes more intensively than lower achieving students. In addition, the study provides pathways for promoting these high-level cognitive processes for learning in particularly with lower achieving students. Finally, the results indicate that the extracurricular activities that are prescribed to all students at Chinese middle schools should be redesigned to offer more opportunities for critical and creative thinking.
关键词	Chinese middle schools learning environment learning processes critical thinking creative thinking higher achieving students
	2015-01-02
语种	英语
发表期刊	HIGH ABILITY STUDIES
ISSN	1359-8139
卷号	26 期号:1 页码:139-152
期刊论文类型	Article
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000359694700001
引用统计	被引频次：9[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/13662
专题	应用研究版块
作者单位	Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
第一作者单位	中国科学院心理研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Liu, Z. K.,He, J.,Li, B.. Critical and creative thinking as learning processes at top-ranking Chinese middle schools: possibilities and required improvements[J]. HIGH ABILITY STUDIES,2015,26(1):139-152.
APA	Liu, Z. K.,He, J.,&Li, B..(2015).Critical and creative thinking as learning processes at top-ranking Chinese middle schools: possibilities and required improvements.HIGH ABILITY STUDIES,26(1),139-152.
MLA	Liu, Z. K.,et al."Critical and creative thinking as learning processes at top-ranking Chinese middle schools: possibilities and required improvements".HIGH ABILITY STUDIES 26.1(2015):139-152.

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