Naturalist intelligence: effects on critical thinking and needs for cognition

A pedagogical program based on the improving of naturalist intelligence on the development of critical thinking skills and needs for cognition in fourth-grade students of a public school in Bogotá is analyzed. The study involved 99 students belonging to three intact groups: two of them are experimental and one is the control group. The methodology follows the quantitative approach. The differences of groups were contrasted through the Student's t-test. Moreover, the relation between variables was determined from the Spearman correlation coefficient, ρ [rho]. As instruments for the collection of information, both the Halpern HCTAES test and the need for cognition test were used, with measurement in two moments: one before the experimental treatment—pre-test—and the other one once the training program in naturalist intelligence finished—post-test. The intervention adopted as a pedagogical approach was the problematic teaching proposed by Majmutov. The results show changes in both the experimental and the control groups. They also show a positive correlation between the variables considered: training in naturalist intelligence and the increase in critical thinking skills; as well as their relation with the previous existence of needs for cognition.

• Tipo de recurso: http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6729
• Fecha de publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
• Repositorio: RiUPTC: Repositorio Institucional UPTC
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.uptc.edu.co:001/13526
• Acceso en línea: https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/praxis_saber/article/view/9094; https://repositorio.uptc.edu.co/handle/001/13526
• Palabra clave: naturalist intelligence; critical thinking; need for cognition; primary student; pedagogical program; inteligencia naturalista; pensamiento crítico; necesidades de cognición; estudiante de primaria; programa pedagógico; intelligence naturaliste; pensée critique; besoins de cognition; élève du primaire; programme pédagogique; inteligência naturalista; pensamento crítico; necessidades de cognição; estudante de primaria; programa pedagógico
• License: Derechos de autor 2020 Gerson Aurelio Maturana, María Lisbet Lombo