Relationships between motivational factors and critical thinking

  1. Jorge Valenzuela 1
  2. Ana Nieto 2
  3. Carlos Ossa 3
  4. Sergio Sepúlveda 1
  5. Carla Muñoz 1
  1. 1 Universidad Católica del Maule
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    Universidad Católica del Maule

    Talca, Chile

    ROR https://ror.org/04vdpck27

  2. 2 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02f40zc51

  3. 3 Universidad del BioBío
Revista:
European journal of education and psychology

ISSN: 1888-8992 1989-2209

Año de publicación: 2023

Volumen: 16

Número: 1

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.32457/EJEP.V16I1.2077 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: European journal of education and psychology

Resumen

El rendimiento de las habilidades de pensamiento cr.tico depende de factores motivacionales. Basandose en la teoria motivacional expectativa-valor, este trabajo analiza el efecto de los componentes motivacionales (expectativa, utilidad, logro, coste e interés) sobre el rendimiento de las habilidades de pensamiento cr.tico y estima la capacidad predictiva de estos factores sobre las habilidades de pensamiento crítico. En este estudio se aplicaron tres instrumentos a una muestra de 254 estudiantes universitarios espa.oles: la Escala de Motivaci.n para el Pensamiento Cr.tico (EMPC) y dos escalas de habilidades de pensamiento cr.tico: PENCRISAL y CCTST. Se utiliza un analisis de regresión multiple para identificar los componentes motivacionales que mejor explican el rendimiento de estas habilidades. Los resultados muestran que, independientemente de la prueba de pensamiento crítico utilizada, las variables motivacionales explican la varianza en el rendimiento de las habilidades de pensamiento crítico entre un 8% y un 17%. Finalmente, se discute la importancia de considerar estos componentes de la motivación para promover el rendimiento en estas habilidades de pensamiento crítico.

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