The use of the Socratic method in a contemporary high school classroom in developing problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision making skills

<p>The purpose of this action research was to attempt to use a modified approach to the Socratic method in a contemporary high school classroom as a means of developing problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision-making skills in high school students. The participants in the study were 16 male students and 13 female students from two sections of an eleventh grade Honors English class at a suburban high school in southern New Jersey. These students were selected as a population of convenience during the researcher's Clinical Internship II experience. As a part of regular classroom instruction, the researcher employed a modified form of the Socratic method, using journal prompts and a subsequent discussion model. Student responses to these prompts were collected and analyzed. Classroom use of the method and some implications of gender are discussed.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S. in Teaching

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Education

Year dc:date.available

2004

Author dc:creator

• Muessig, Anna Schneider

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jorgensen, Donna W.

• Critical thinking--Study and teaching (Secondary); Decision making--Study and teaching (Secondary); Problem solving--Study and teaching (Secondary); Reasoning--Study and teaching (Secondary)
• Secondary Education and Teaching

Repository record dc:identifier

https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/1198

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-2198