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Explicit and reflective teaching for the development of Critical Thinking skills and Nature of Science and Technology understandings in Primary Education Ortega Quevedo, Vanessa Gil Puente, María Cristina Valles Rapp, Cristina García MariGómez, Carmela Educación Nature of science Critical thinking Elementary education Reflective teaching 58 Pedagogía Producción Científica This study seeks to contribute to the development of critical thinking (CT) skills and nature of science (NOS) concepts in primary education – more specifically, argument analysis (CT) and certain aspects of the external sociology of science, such as scientific decision making and the compromise between the positive and negative effects of science and technology (NOS). The study involved the participation of 72 students from 5 different schools. It was a mixed-design study, using tools such as questionnaires, observation charts and interview scripts. The results showed significant improvement in argument analysis questionnaire scores and in NOS concepts after the explicit and reflective work done in a teaching-learning sequence. These results were confirmed by classroom observation, the analysis of workbooks and student interviews within a month of the intervention. This enabled us to conclude that the intervention had a positive impact on the development of the skills and concepts under study, even in the face of variation as a result of differences in teaching-learning sequence implementation by different teachers in different contexts. The reflective teaching approach can be identified as one of the keys to intervention success. “Educación de las Competencias Científica, Tecnológica y Pensamiento Crítico Mediante la Enseñanza de Temas de Naturaleza de Ciencia y Tecnología” (CYTPENCRI) with reference EDU2015-64642-R (MINECO/FEDER). 2026-02-02T09:00:39Z 2026-02-02T09:00:39Z 2025 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Ortega-Quevedo, V., Gil-Puente, C., Vallés Rapp, C., & García-Marigómez, C. (2025). Explicit and reflective teaching for the development of Critical Thinking skills and Nature of Science and Technology understandings in Primary Education. Investigações Em Ensino De Ciências, 30(1), 313-335. https://doi.org/10.22600/1518-8795.ienci/2025v30n1p313 1518-8795 https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/82424 http://dx.doi.org/10.22600/1518-8795.ienci/2025v30n1p313 313 1 335 Explicit and reflective teaching for the development of Critical Thinking skills and Nature of Science and Technology understandings in Primary Education 30 eng https://ienci.if.ufrgs.br/index.php/ienci/article/view/4155 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf IENCI https://uvadoc.uva.es/bitstream/10324/82424/3/IENCI_2025.pdf.jpg Hispana TEXT http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ UVaDOC. Repositorio Documental de la Universidad de Valladolid https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/82424