Al-Ta'lim
Vol 24, No 3 (2017)

An Exploration of Students’ Difficulties in Using Critical Thinking Skills in Reading

Nidar Velayati (Syiah Kuala University)
Asnawi Muslem (Syiah Kuala University)
Siti Sarah Fitriani (Syiah Kuala University)
Iskandar Abdul Samad (Syiah Kuala University)



Article Info

Publish Date
17 Dec 2017

Abstract

This study intends to explore students’ difficulties in using critical thinking skills in reading. The subject of this study was second year undergraduate students of Ar-Raniry State Islamic University, Banda Aceh. This qualitative study analysed students’ difficulties in using critical thinking skills in term of interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, explanation, and self-regulation. A personal interview was conducted to find the data from the students. The result indicates that students’ lack of practicing let them difficult in using critical thinking skills in reading. The other difficulties found were lack of language mastery, implied meaning, background knowledge, repetition and lack of vocabulary. Among six problems discovered above, lack of practicing, background knowledge and language mastery had made the students felt that critical thinking was difficult to be applied.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

attalim

Publisher

Subject

Religion Education

Description

Al-Talim, a peer-reviewed journal, is an interdisciplinary publication of original research and writing on education. The journal aims to provide a forum for scholarly understanding of the field of education and plays an important role in promoting the process that accumulated knowledge, values, and ...