Title: The relationship between higher order thinking skills and critical thinking of gifted talented students

Authors: Serhat Arslan; Tuğba Yurtkulu

Addresses: Education Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya 42090, Turkey ' Education Faculty, Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu 14030, Turkey

Abstract: The aim of this research is to examine the relationship between higher order thinking skills and critical thinking of gifted talented students, as well as the opinions of teachers who are teaching gifted talented students about the transfer of higher order thinking skills from curriculum to the gifted talented students. Mixed method was used in the research. In the first phase of the research, a study was conducted to measure the relationship between students' thinking skills and critical thinking. In the second stage, interview questions were prepared and applied to the teachers with reference to the items to be measured for qualitative research. As a result of the correlation made to investigate the relationship between higher thinking skills and critical thinking; positively significant correlations were found between the gifted students' ability to acquire knowledge, to apply knowledge, and to use knowledge, which are sub-dimensions of higher order thinking skills in general. Interview method was used for qualitative data in the study. As a result of qualitative research, the advantages and disadvantages of reflections of critical thinking skills on educational programs, evaluations of applied critical thinking skills in order to see the projections in the program, and the method techniques used to reach the goals.

Keywords: higher order thinking skills; critical thinking; gifted talented students.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLC.2024.135597

International Journal of Learning and Change, 2024 Vol.16 No.1, pp.39 - 52

Received: 05 Oct 2022
Accepted: 08 Dec 2022
Published online: 19 Dec 2023 *

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