Research On Junior High School Students' Critical Thinking Disposition Current Situation And Its Influencing Factors

In the Internet era,knowledge grows faster and faster.Faced with endless information,students' critical thinking becomes increasingly important.It is also important for science education.However,China's research on critical thinking starts late and lack of empirical exploration and training practice.In order to provide countermeasures for the effective training of junior high school students' critical thinking disposition,this research takes 520 junior high school students in Hangzhou as the research object.With the questionnaire survey method,this study explores the influence of class environment,self-efficacy and metacognitive factors on the critical thinking disposition of junior high school students and its current situation,including the demographic differences of each research variable.The results show that the critical thinking disposition of junior high school students is far away from the high level.Students with different gender,grade,school type,whether to be student cadre status,parents' highest education background,grades,family annual income and education methods all show significant differences in the total score of critical thinking disposition.Metacognition(R2=0.298),self-efficacy(R2=0.079),classmate relationship(R2=0.056),learning burden(R2=0.017)and teacher-student relationship(R2=0.010)significantly predicted the critical thinking disposition of junior high school students.That is,the stronger the metacognitive ability,the stronger the self-efficacy,the better the classmate relationship,the lighter the learning burden and the better the teacher-student relationship,means the student's critical thinking tendency stronger.The last but not least,based on the empirical results,this study puts forward some advice to train junior high school students' critical thinking disposition,which emphasizes the cultivation of metacognitive ability,multichannel to enhance self-efficacy,focus on critical thinking disposition training,pay attention to interpersonal relationship management and maintenance,encourage students to participate in campus affairs and off-campus services.These advice provide basis and reference for the subsequent relevant theoretical research and training practice.