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International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development

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Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills among Students with Learning Difficulties

Tareq Y. M. Melhem, Zainudin Mohd Isa

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This study aimed to enhance critical thinking skills among sixth grade student with learning difficulties in mathematics in Jordan by using the CoRT programme. The pre-test-post-test control-group design was used in the study. There was one dependent variable in this study, is, the level of students’ critical thinking skills. For this purpose, a critical thinking test was administered to a sample of 93 sixth grade student with learning difficulties in mathematics from schools in First Amman Educational Directorate in Jordan, before and after a three-month training program. The participants of the sample were distributed into two groups. After that, one group was randomly chosen to be the experimental group, and the other one to be the control group. Results showed that the training programme had a very large -sized effect on the participants’ critical thinking.

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In-Text Citation: (Melhem, & Isa, 2013)
To Cite this Article: Melhem, T. Y. M., & Isa, Z. M. (2013). Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills among Students with Learning Difficulties. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development. 2(4), 156-174.