THE DEVELOPED CRITICAL THINKING OF SECONDARY STUDENTS UNDER THE BANGKOK METROPOLITAN ADMINSTRTION INDICATORS

Abstract

The objectives of the study were to: 1) develop critical thinking indicators of secondary students under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration; 2) investigate the correspondence of the structural relationships of critical thinking of secondary students under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration indicators and the empirical data. The samples of this study consisted of 421 teachers, acquired by two-stage random sampling, from the teachers in schools under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. The instrument used in this research were a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, used include frequency, percentage, mean, Standard Deviation, and Pearson Correlation Coefficient. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was used to investigate the correspondence of the developed theoretical model and the empirical data. The results of the study were as follows. 1. The critical thinking of secondary students under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration comprised 4 factors with 40 indicators. They were divided into: 1) Identification Subject factors which consistedof 9 indicators; 2) Data Analysisfactors which consisted of 11indicators; 3) Assumptions for Evaluation factors which consisted of10indicators and;4) Rational Decision factors which consisted of 10 indicators 2. The investigation of the structural relationships of critical thinking of secondary students under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration indicators with the empirical data found that they were in concordance by the not significant Chi-Square test.