Critical thinking of EAW students

Critical thinking skills is one of the essential life-long learning skill which has always been recognized as an essential element in tertiary education. Thus it is incumbent for educators to incorporate critical thinking skills at all levels. At the International Islamic University Malaysia, this s...

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Main Authors: Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza, Othman, Khairiah, Muhamad, Ainon Jariah
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
English
Published: 2012
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Muhamad, Ainon Jariah
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description Critical thinking skills is one of the essential life-long learning skill which has always been recognized as an essential element in tertiary education. Thus it is incumbent for educators to incorporate critical thinking skills at all levels. At the International Islamic University Malaysia, this skills is introduced in the English for Academic Writimg (EAW) class which is one of the university required courses for our students. The purpose is to enable them to be able to use the English language effectively in an academic setting that uses English as the medium of instruction. The course requires students to produce a mini research paper at the end of the semester. Being an Islamic institution, the students are required to be able to integrate the Islamic perspective in their writings. This paper investigates the extent to which Engineering and Human Science students are able to incorporate the Islamic perspective relevant to their respective disciplines. 26 scripts were analysed using Bloom’s critical thinking framework. The findings revealed that all students were able to incorporate Islamic perspectives though not all were able to apply the higher order thinking skills.
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spelling iium-269672020-06-22T02:04:03Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/26967/ Critical thinking of EAW students Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Othman, Khairiah Muhamad, Ainon Jariah LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices) Critical thinking skills is one of the essential life-long learning skill which has always been recognized as an essential element in tertiary education. Thus it is incumbent for educators to incorporate critical thinking skills at all levels. At the International Islamic University Malaysia, this skills is introduced in the English for Academic Writimg (EAW) class which is one of the university required courses for our students. The purpose is to enable them to be able to use the English language effectively in an academic setting that uses English as the medium of instruction. The course requires students to produce a mini research paper at the end of the semester. Being an Islamic institution, the students are required to be able to integrate the Islamic perspective in their writings. This paper investigates the extent to which Engineering and Human Science students are able to incorporate the Islamic perspective relevant to their respective disciplines. 26 scripts were analysed using Bloom’s critical thinking framework. The findings revealed that all students were able to incorporate Islamic perspectives though not all were able to apply the higher order thinking skills. 2012-09-04 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/26967/1/26967_Critical%20thinking%20of%20EAW%20students_%20abstract.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/26967/2/Program%20schedule%20as%20at%202%20Sept%202012.pdf Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza and Othman, Khairiah and Muhamad, Ainon Jariah (2012) Critical thinking of EAW students. In: The 8th International Language for Specific Purpose (LSP) Seminar 2012, 4th-5th September 2012, Swiss Garden Hotel and Residences, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished) https://seminar.utmspace.edu.my/lsp2012/index.html
spellingShingle LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices)
Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza
Othman, Khairiah
Muhamad, Ainon Jariah
Critical thinking of EAW students
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title_full_unstemmed Critical thinking of EAW students
title_short Critical thinking of EAW students
title_sort critical thinking of eaw students
topic LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices)
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/26967/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/26967/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/26967/1/26967_Critical%20thinking%20of%20EAW%20students_%20abstract.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/26967/2/Program%20schedule%20as%20at%202%20Sept%202012.pdf