OMANI ENGINEERING STUDENT’S PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS THE IMPACT OF SCIENCE TEACHING METHODS ON DEVELOPING THEIR CRITICAL THINKING SKILSS

Abstract

This study aims to investigate engineering students’ perceptions about the extent that the teaching methods used in the science courses’ help them to acquire the critical thinking skills. To achieve study’s aim, a questionnaire was developed and distributed to 122 engineering students in year one and 69 students in year two. The results show that in general, students think that the teaching methods used in science courses in the engineering program partially help them to develop critical thinking skills with mean score of 3.10. However, there is a significant difference between the perceptions of female and male students, but no significant difference between year one and year two students.