The relationship between self-efficacy and level of critical thinking of high school students in Selangor, Malaysia

In this day and age, critical thinking is one of the most important aspects of education as educators need to pay more attention on producing students with higher order level of thinking. Critical thinking skills have been introduced in the curriculum to help develop strategic thinking skills in stu...

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Main Authors: Mohd Ali, Ju Aini, Mohd Shahabuddin, Khairul Najlah, Ahmad Nasir, Nurathirah, M. Munisamy, Thamarai, Zhang, Yue, Ma'rof, Aini Marina
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60186/1/53-36.pdf
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author Mohd Ali, Ju Aini
Mohd Shahabuddin, Khairul Najlah
Ahmad Nasir, Nurathirah
M. Munisamy, Thamarai
Zhang, Yue
Ma'rof, Aini Marina
author_facet Mohd Ali, Ju Aini
Mohd Shahabuddin, Khairul Najlah
Ahmad Nasir, Nurathirah
M. Munisamy, Thamarai
Zhang, Yue
Ma'rof, Aini Marina
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description In this day and age, critical thinking is one of the most important aspects of education as educators need to pay more attention on producing students with higher order level of thinking. Critical thinking skills have been introduced in the curriculum to help develop strategic thinking skills in students. This study is aimed to investigate the relationship between student’s self-efficacy and critical thinking in student at High School in Selangor. A simple random sampling of 100 students were tested by using Sherer et al.’s (1982) General Self-efficacy Scale and The Cornell Critical Thinking test. The expected result of this study is it will show that there is a positive relationship between critical thinking and self-efficacy belief. Self-efficacy belief will play a role in students’ critical thinking.
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spelling upm.eprints-601862018-05-18T01:20:45Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60186/ The relationship between self-efficacy and level of critical thinking of high school students in Selangor, Malaysia Mohd Ali, Ju Aini Mohd Shahabuddin, Khairul Najlah Ahmad Nasir, Nurathirah M. Munisamy, Thamarai Zhang, Yue Ma'rof, Aini Marina In this day and age, critical thinking is one of the most important aspects of education as educators need to pay more attention on producing students with higher order level of thinking. Critical thinking skills have been introduced in the curriculum to help develop strategic thinking skills in students. This study is aimed to investigate the relationship between student’s self-efficacy and critical thinking in student at High School in Selangor. A simple random sampling of 100 students were tested by using Sherer et al.’s (1982) General Self-efficacy Scale and The Cornell Critical Thinking test. The expected result of this study is it will show that there is a positive relationship between critical thinking and self-efficacy belief. Self-efficacy belief will play a role in students’ critical thinking. Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60186/1/53-36.pdf Mohd Ali, Ju Aini and Mohd Shahabuddin, Khairul Najlah and Ahmad Nasir, Nurathirah and M. Munisamy, Thamarai and Zhang, Yue and Ma'rof, Aini Marina (2016) The relationship between self-efficacy and level of critical thinking of high school students in Selangor, Malaysia. In: Graduate Research in Education (GREDuc) 2016 Seminar, 17 Dec. 2016, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. (pp. 309-314).
spellingShingle Mohd Ali, Ju Aini
Mohd Shahabuddin, Khairul Najlah
Ahmad Nasir, Nurathirah
M. Munisamy, Thamarai
Zhang, Yue
Ma'rof, Aini Marina
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title The relationship between self-efficacy and level of critical thinking of high school students in Selangor, Malaysia
title_full The relationship between self-efficacy and level of critical thinking of high school students in Selangor, Malaysia
title_fullStr The relationship between self-efficacy and level of critical thinking of high school students in Selangor, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between self-efficacy and level of critical thinking of high school students in Selangor, Malaysia
title_short The relationship between self-efficacy and level of critical thinking of high school students in Selangor, Malaysia
title_sort relationship between self efficacy and level of critical thinking of high school students in selangor malaysia
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60186/1/53-36.pdf
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