Contribution of emotional intelligence towards graduate students' critical thinking disposition
Good critical thinkers possess a core set of cognitive thinking skills, and a disposition towards critical thinking. They are able to think critically to solve complex, real-world problems effectively. Although personal emotion is important in critical thinking, it is often a neglected issue. The em...
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| description | Good critical thinkers possess a core set of cognitive thinking skills, and a disposition towards critical thinking. They are able to think critically to solve complex, real-world problems effectively. Although personal emotion is important in critical thinking, it is often a neglected issue. The emotional intelligence in this study concerns our sensitivity to and artful handling of our own and others’ emotions. Engaging students emotionally is the key to strengthening their dispositions toward critical thinking. Hence, a study involving 338 male and female graduate students from a public university was carried out. They rated the Emotional Intelligence Scale and Critical Thinking Disposition Scale. Findings suggested that emotional intelligence and critical thinking disposition were positively correlated (r=.609). Differences in terms of age, gender, and course of study also formed part of the analysis. |
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| spelling | upm-149542019-05-08T07:43:28Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14954/ Contribution of emotional intelligence towards graduate students' critical thinking disposition Kang, Fong Luan Good critical thinkers possess a core set of cognitive thinking skills, and a disposition towards critical thinking. They are able to think critically to solve complex, real-world problems effectively. Although personal emotion is important in critical thinking, it is often a neglected issue. The emotional intelligence in this study concerns our sensitivity to and artful handling of our own and others’ emotions. Engaging students emotionally is the key to strengthening their dispositions toward critical thinking. Hence, a study involving 338 male and female graduate students from a public university was carried out. They rated the Emotional Intelligence Scale and Critical Thinking Disposition Scale. Findings suggested that emotional intelligence and critical thinking disposition were positively correlated (r=.609). Differences in terms of age, gender, and course of study also formed part of the analysis. Australian International Academic Centre 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14954/1/14954.pdf Kang, Fong Luan (2015) Contribution of emotional intelligence towards graduate students' critical thinking disposition. International Journal of Education & Literacy Studies, 3 (4). pp. 6-17. ISSN 2202-9478 http://www.journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/IJELS/article/view/1908 10.7575/aiac.ijels.v.3n.4p.6 |
| spellingShingle | Kang, Fong Luan Contribution of emotional intelligence towards graduate students' critical thinking disposition |
| title | Contribution of emotional intelligence towards graduate students' critical thinking disposition |
| title_full | Contribution of emotional intelligence towards graduate students' critical thinking disposition |
| title_fullStr | Contribution of emotional intelligence towards graduate students' critical thinking disposition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contribution of emotional intelligence towards graduate students' critical thinking disposition |
| title_short | Contribution of emotional intelligence towards graduate students' critical thinking disposition |
| title_sort | contribution of emotional intelligence towards graduate students' critical thinking disposition |
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