著者

林 創 山田 剛史

出版者

京都大学高等教育研究開発推進センター

雑誌

京都大学高等教育研究 (ISSN:13414836)

巻号頁・発行日

no.18, pp.41-51, 2012

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The purpose of this study is to examine whether the disposition to critical thinking of university students can be improved by teaching "research literacy, " a term corresponding to the basic academic skills needed for research. Nineteen junior-year students participated in a seminar on research literacy, focusing on its relations to the abilities of academic writing and data analysis. Participants were required in advance to submit assignments on applying academic writing and data analysis. Furthermore, they were measured with a critical thinking disposition scale before and after the seminar. From the results, the participants' answers on the assignments showed that about half of them did not adequately understand the essence of academic writing. Most participants created both good and bad examples of critical thinking. Furthermore, performance on the critical thinking disposition scale for participants who learned research literacy in the seminar clearly improved compared with a control group not taking the seminar. These results demonstrate that it is important not only to teach research literacy to university students around the sophomore or junior year but also to give them opportunities to think critically. This would lead to an improved disposition to critical thinking of the students.