The effect of a program based on Gardner's Five Minds Theory on the development of critical thinking for a pre-service mathematics teacher

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the effect of a teaching program based on Gardner's Five Minds Theory on developing critical thinking of a pre-service mathematics teacher. The study adopted the experimental approach with a semi-experimental design based on one group. The sample is 30 students. To achieve the aim of the study, the researchers built a test for critical thinking consisting of (20) items distributed over five skills. The test has acceptable validity and reliability. The researchers used the spss v.25 statistical package for analyzing the data statistically. The results of the study revealed that:

There is a statistically significant difference at the level of significance (0.05) between the mean scores of the students in the pre and post application of the critical thinking test in favor of the post application. and There is a significant impact of the program based on Gardner's Five Minds Theory on developing critical thinking. Keywords: Mathematics Teacher - Gardner's Five Minds Theory - critical thinking.