Trends of thinking skills in social studies and life studies courses: A meta-synthesis study

•In Life Studies and Social Studies courses, studies were carried out to develop critical thinking and decision-making skills the least.•The studies were mostly carried out with the quantitative research method experimental model.•The number of studies has increased over the years.•Studies were most...

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Veröffentlicht in:Thinking skills and creativity 2022-09, Vol.45, p.101099, Article 101099
Hauptverfasser: Bekiroğlu, Derya, Güllühan, Nur Ütkür
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:•In Life Studies and Social Studies courses, studies were carried out to develop critical thinking and decision-making skills the least.•The studies were mostly carried out with the quantitative research method experimental model.•The number of studies has increased over the years.•Studies were mostly aimed at middle school students. The number of studies at primary level may increase.•According to the results obtained in the studies; Teachers need training on how to teach thinking skills. In this study, the tendencies of the studies on thinking skills in Life Studies and Social Studies courses were determined. For this purpose, the study was carried out by the meta-synthesis method. The study group consists of a total of (n=100) articles and theses studies on thinking skills in Life Studies and Social Studies courses. Data were analyzed by document review. According to the meta-synthesis method, each study was coded, and divided into meta-themes. Then, each meta-theme was analyzed; and synthesized. According to the results of the research; It has been observed that the studies on thinking skills in Life Studies and Social Studies courses are mostly experimental design studies that measure the level of critical thinking skills. It was found that most of the studies were conducted in 2019 and the study group was "secondary school students". In addition, it has been observed that “simple random sampling and sample level and size in the range of 31-100 were used in the studies. Content analysis is the most common in qualitative data analysis; It was seen that t-test and ANOVA calculations were used most frequently in quantitative data analysis. It is one of the findings that the results of the studies mostly reported positive effects and opinions. In studies reporting negative effects and opinions, it found that teachers need training in teaching thinking skills.
ISSN:1871-1871
1878-0423
DOI:10.1016/j.tsc.2022.101099