Abstract
The main purpose of the study is to survey active-participating users’ demographic profiles, participating perceptions, motivations, involvement level, and critical thinking to investigate whether the Bulletin Board System (BBS) helps facilitate users’ communication and meaningful learning. The research methods were survey and content analysis. Based on self-selective samples, the researchers collected the quantitative data from 191 respondents. According to the “Critical Thinking Analyzing Category” developed by the researcher, 3264 postings in two months on the math discussion board were analyzed. The major findings are: Users demographic profiles showed differences in critical thinking, participating perceptions, motivations, and involvement level. Users’ participating perceptions and motivations positively affected users’ critical thinking disposition. The most used critical thinking skills were “inference” and “clarification”, and the least used were “basis support” and “judgment.” Findings of this study suggest that math teachers should foster students’ participating motivations and involvement level when they want to discuss math topics on the BBS board.
| Keywords: | critical thinking skills; critical thinking disposition; participating motivation; participating involvement level; participating perceptions |
|---|
[Chinese Version | Index | Chinese Journal of Science Education | Other Journals | Subscription form | Enquiry ]
Mail any comments and suggestions to
hkier-journal@cuhk.edu.hk .