Ken Changwong|Aukkapong Sukkamart|Boonchan Sisan
Critical thinking skill development: Analysis of a new learning management model for Thai high schools
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang|King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang|King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
vision outlined thailand 40 critical thinking skills become one key pillars new knowledgebased economyhowever 2015 thailand research fund study evaluated logical thinking analytical skills 6235 students ten provinces thailand found average score 365 209 students passingrecognizing severity crisis nine experts met august 2017 focus group tasked researchers help development new critical thinking learning management modelfrom fivestep learning management model conceptualized authors called puscu modelby means cluster random sampling 69 students selected two subgroups formedone group 35 experimental studies students one group consisting 34 traditional learning studentsthe puscu model tested 16 weeks november 2016 february 2017the statistical package social sciences spss 21 software used conduct oneway multivariate analysis variance manova determine whether differences control experimental groupsthe results indicated experimental group higher average scores terms critical thinking ability academic achievement members satisfied high level model performance particularly instructors use developed learning materials