Abstract

HUIMAN, Jannet Carolina Antón et al. Critical thinking in university higher education. Horizontes Rev. Inv. Cs. Edu. [online]. 2024, vol.8, n.32, pp.45-56.  Epub Jan 10, 2024. ISSN 2616-7964.  https://doi.org/10.33996/revistahorizontes.v8i32.703.

Currently, the continuous changes in society demand active citizens who respond to complex demands of scientific knowledge, technological development and this involves the development of critical thinking. Therefore, the objective of the research was to analyze the level of critical thinking in university students in the health area. The method was under the quantitative approach, descriptive type, an instrument with 34 items was constructed and applied to a sample of 116 students of a public university. The results obtained were that 56.9% of university students presented an average level of critical thinking in the dimensions of inference, interpretation, evaluation, self-regulation, explanation and analysis. It was concluded that there is a need to subject students to real situations that foster the development of critical thinking skills. In addition, the implementation of programs with didactic strategies that academically motivate university students will lead to a significant improvement in the domains of critical thinking.

Keywords : Critical Thinking; Higher Education; Public University.

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