Effect of a Blended Learning Environment on Student Critical Thinking and Knowledge Transformation

Autor/inn/en	Jou, Min; Lin, Yen-Ting; Wu, Din-Wu
Titel	Effect of a Blended Learning Environment on Student Critical Thinking and Knowledge Transformation
Quelle	In: Interactive Learning Environments, 24 (2016) 6, S.1131-1147 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-4820
DOI	10.1080/10494820.2014.961485
Schlagwörter	Blended Learning; Critical Thinking; Educational Environment; Teaching Methods; Learning Motivation; Reading Habits; Knowledge Management; Computer Software; Student Attitudes; Web Based Instruction; Socialization; Foreign Countries; Cognitive Tests; Thinking Skills; Questionnaires; Asians; Learning Strategies; Control Groups; Quasiexperimental Design; Social Environment; Statistical Analysis; Undergraduate Students; Case Studies; Pretests Posttests; Regression (Statistics); Taiwan; California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory; California Critical Thinking Skills Test (College); Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritisches Denken; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Reading habit; Lesegewohnheit; Wissensmanagement; Schülerverhalten; Web Based Training; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Ausland; Kognitiver Fähigkeitstest; Denkfähigkeit; Fragebogen; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Soziales Umfeld; Statistische Analyse; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	With the development of information technology and popularization of web applications, students nowadays have grown used to skimming through information provided through the Internet. This reading habit led them to be incapable of analyzing or integrating information they have received. Hence, knowledge management and critical thinking (CT) have, in recent years, become important topics in higher education. However, there are many web applications that may serve as effective teaching and learning tools. This study therefore proposed a blended learning environment that incorporated useful web applications within a knowledge transformation model to create an educational environment capable of improving CT and knowledge transformation for student users. A semester-long experiment was then conducted to evaluate this learning environment. Results revealed that the proposed approach was effective in improving student CT and knowledge transformation. Students were also satisfied with the courses and teaching methods used by the proposed learning environment which also effectively improved their learning motivation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01