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Questionnaire To Teachers: Section One: General Information

The document is a questionnaire given to teachers to gather their perceptions on using collaborative work to enhance critical thinking skills in learners. It contains sections on general teacher information, statements for teachers to agree or disagree with regarding collaborative learning and critical thinking, and questions about the strategies and obstacles teachers face in implementing collaborative work. The questions also probe how aware teachers feel learners are of developing critical thinking and how teachers assess their students' thinking abilities.

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Questionnaire To Teachers: Section One: General Information

The document is a questionnaire given to teachers to gather their perceptions on using collaborative work to enhance critical thinking skills in learners. It contains sections on general teacher information, statements for teachers to agree or disagree with regarding collaborative learning and critical thinking, and questions about the strategies and obstacles teachers face in implementing collaborative work. The questions also probe how aware teachers feel learners are of developing critical thinking and how teachers assess their students' thinking abilities.

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Questionnaire to Teachers

Dear Teachers,
This questionnaire serves as a data gathering tool for my research study. I would be
grateful if you devote some of your time to answer this questionnaire to find out about
your perceptions towards using collaborative work to enhance the critical thinking skills
of your learners. You are kindly requested to tick (✔) the right box or provide the full
answer when necessary. Your collaboration is highly appreciated.

Section one: General information


1.What is your degree?

a.Licence ✔ b.Master c.Magister d.PHD


2.How long have you been teaching English ?
……one…….Year

Section two: Collaborative learning & critical thinking

Part one :
For each of the following statements,please tick the response on the answer sheet that
best corresponds to your position .
Statements Strongl Agree Neither Disagree Strongly
y agree nor disagree
disagree
agree

1. As a teacher, I understand
collaborative learning well enough to ✔
implement it in my classroom.
2. Collaborative learning and critical
thinking best prepare learners for real ✔
world.
3. Teachers are aware of the
importance of critical thinking but ✔
tend to use familiar teaching strategies
rather than the challenge of trying new
ones.
4. Teachers are aware of the
importance of critical thinking and do ✔
their best to implement it in the
classroom.
5. Teachers use collaborative learning
purposefully to develop their learners’ ✔
critical thinking skill as they are aware
of its effectiveness.
6.Critical thinking is a reasonable
reflective thinking that is focused on ✔
what to believe and do.
7. The ability to think critically is
distinct from the disposition to do so. ✔
8. Critical thinking is a mental and
cognitive ability that can be improved ✔
through practice.
9. The ability to interpret, analyse,
evaluate, infer, explain and self- ✔
regulate is the most basic concept of
critical thinking.
Part two: You should start with Q 2, 3, then 1and then comes 4.

Part two

1.Which of the following strategies do you use in your teaching?

a. Group discussions ✔
b. Peer discussions

c. Classroom debate ✔
d. Peer assessment
-Why?
1- It increases interest among the participants
2- Enables learners to Take responsibility for their own learning, solve problems, make
decisions and thus become critical thinkers.

2.Which obstacles do you face when putting collaborative work into practice in your
class?
1- Time management is the major issue I often face.
2- Breaking the deadlocks that sometimes arise during small-group debates.

3.How do you judge your students level of thinking abilities?


a. Very high
b. High
c. Average ✔
d. Low
e. Very low

4.According to you, to what extent is developing learners’ critical thinking important?

a. Very important ✔
b. Important
c. Moderately important
d. Less important
e. Not important
5.Do you think your learners are aware of how to develop their critical thinking skill?

Yes✔ No

If “no” how can you help them?


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6.Despite the importance conveyed by modern education to develop critical thinking,
efforts to put this skill into practice has not been noticeable so far .Why?
May be because teachers are not aware of its importance.
7.Collaborative learning is desirable only if grounded on disciplined critical thinking.
According to you, how can collaborative work help your learners develop their critical
thinking skill?
The Collaborative learning medium provides students with opportunities to analyse,
synthesize and evaluate ideas cooperatively.

Thank you for your collaboration

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