The relationship between faculty of education students’ argumentation skills and critical thinking, creative thinking and problem solving skills

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the relationship between faculty of education students’ argumentation skills and critical thinking, creative thinking and problem solving skills. First of all, the correlation value between the argumentation skill and other variables was determined in the study. Then, to what degree critical thinking, creative thinking and problem solving skills predicted the argumentation skill was examined. The findings of the study were obtained using the Critical Thinking Skill Scale, the Creative Thinking Skill Scale and the Problem Solving Skill Scale developed by the researcher. In order to determine argumentation skills of students, they were asked to write an essay and the essays were evaluated according to Toulmin’s argument model. Study results showed a high-level correlation between students’ argumentation skills and other variables. Also, another result of the study was that critical thinking, creative thinking and problem solving skills explained 74,1% of students’ argumentation skill. © The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology.