dc.contributor.advisor | Endley, Martin J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Yeşil, Nurdan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-01T11:00:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-07-01T11:00:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11693/29504 | |
dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of article. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The objective of this study was to investigate the attitudes of Bilkent
University School of English Language (BUSEL) teachers towards teaching HOTS
in low-level English classes. The study specifically investigated (a) what the
teachers’ understanding of how HOTS should be implemented is, (b) what the
teachers see as problems and benefits of bringing HOTS into their Elementary or
Low-Intermediate classes, and (c) if the teachers at BUSEL implement and teach
HOTS in low-level classes. A questionnaire was administered to twenty-two
BUSEL teachers who taught Elementary or Pre-Intermediate level during the third
course of the 2003-2004 academic year. After the analysis of the questionnaire,
three teachers were selected and their lessons were filmed. Then, semi-structured interviews were conducted with the teachers whose lessons had been observed by
the researcher. The data results revealed that teachers at BUSEL are familiar with
thinking skills and a great majority of them believe that they can be taught. They
also acknowledge the importance of practice and effective guidance in teaching
these skills. However, teachers identified students’ level of English as the major
problem they experience in the teaching of thinking skills. Teachers’ attitude
towards students’ learning processes, time constraints, and the number of the
objectives to be covered in a limited time were found to interact with students’ level
of language to further hinder the teaching of thinking skills. | en_US |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Yeşil, Nurdan | en_US |
dc.format.extent | xiii, 105 leaves | en_US |
dc.language.iso | English | en_US |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_US |
dc.subject | Critical Thinking | en_US |
dc.subject | High Order Thinking Skills | en_US |
dc.subject | Creative Thinking | en_US |
dc.subject.lcc | LB1590.3 .Y47 2004 | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Critical thinking. | en_US |
dc.title | Teachers' perceptions of teaching thinking skills in low-level English classes at Bilkent University School of English Language | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Bilkent Üniversitesi Ingiliz Dili Meslek Yüksek Okulu öğretmenlerinin düşük seviyeli İngilizce sınıflarında yüksek düşünme becerilerinin ğretilmesine bakışı | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.department | M.A. in Teaching English as a Foreign Language | en_US |
dc.publisher | Bilkent University | en_US |
dc.description.degree | M.A. | en_US |
dc.identifier.itemid | BILKUTUPB083664 | |