Arguments in Critical Thinking Ability

DOI

10.2991/icomse-17.2018.4How to use a DOI?

Keywords

argument, Critical Thinking Ability

Abstract

The ability to think critically is an essential skill and becomes one of the primary goals in college. A person who can think critically will be able to use appropriate criteria to evaluate an argument. There must be clear evidence and accompanied by a plausible explanation. This study aims to investigate students' critical thinking skills in determining an argument. The subject is the students of mathematics education program at one private university in Pasuruan, i.e., 31 students. Then, some students who have unique answers are selected to be interviewed further about their critical thinking ability to an argument. This research is a descriptive qualitative research. Based on the results of a written test of 31 students, there is one student who has a unique answer. The answer is different from other students, so from the results of these tests, the student is selected for the further interview. The findings of this study highlighted that the student can mention arguments with the accurate reasons and has a potential to have the ability to think critically.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nonik Indrawatiningsih
PY  - 2017/08
DA  - 2017/08
TI  - Arguments in Critical Thinking Ability
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Annual International Conference on Mathematics, Science, and Education (ICoMSE 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 12
EP  - 15
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icomse-17.2018.4
DO  - 10.2991/icomse-17.2018.4
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