An investigation of rural-urban students’ critical thinking in biology across gender; [Kaimo ir miesto skirtingos lyties mokinių kritinio mąstymo mokantis biologijos tyrimas]

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Badrud Tamam, Aloysius Duran Corebima, Siti Zubaidah, Endang Suarsini

2021 Pedagogika Vol. 142 Issue 2 Article Cited by 5 Quartile

Abstract

Annotation. This study aimed to investigate the difference in rural-urban students’ critical thinking in biology class across gender. It involved 289 students from public and private senior high schools. Essay tests were administered to measure the students‘ critical thinking skills. The study results showed that female students outperformed male students in critical thinking. Meanwhile, the rural students demonstrated better critical thinking skills than urban students. © 2021, Vilnius Pedagogical University. All rights reserved.

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Malang State University, Biology Education Department, Malang, East Java Province, Indonesia; Trunojoyo Madura University, Science Education Study Program, Bangkalan, East Java Province, Indonesia; Kanjuruhan Malang University, Study Program of Natural Science Education, Malang, Indonesia