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T1 Explicit and reflective teaching for the development of Critical Thinking skills and Nature of Science and Technology understandings in Primary Education
A1 Ortega-Quevedo, Vanessa
A1 Gil-Puente, Cristina
A1 Vallés, Cristina
A1 García-Marigómez, Carmela
K1 Educación
K1 Nature of science
K1 Critical thinking
K1 Elementary education
K1 Reflective teaching
K1 58 Pedagogía
AB This study seeks to contribute to the development of critical thinking (CT) skillsand nature of science (NOS) concepts in primary education – more specifically, argumentanalysis (CT) and certain aspects of the external sociology of science, such as scientificdecision making and the compromise between the positive and negative effects of scienceand technology (NOS). The study involved the participation of 72 students from 5 differentschools. It was a mixed-design study, using tools such as questionnaires, observationcharts and interview scripts. The results showed significant improvement in argumentanalysis questionnaire scores and in NOS concepts after the explicit and reflective workdone in a teaching-learning sequence. These results were confirmed by classroomobservation, the analysis of workbooks and student interviews within a month of theintervention. This enabled us to conclude that the intervention had a positive impact onthe development of the skills and concepts under study, even in the face of variation as aresult of differences in teaching-learning sequence implementation by different teachersin different contexts. The reflective teaching approach can be identified as one of the keysto intervention success.
PB IENCI
SN 1518-8795
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/82424
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/82424
LA eng
NO 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
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 02-feb-2026