The Analysis of Reflective Thinking Skill Toward Problem Solving of Students With Good at Solving Problems

Abstract

The aim of this research is to examine the reflective thinking skill of students with good mathematical problem-solving skill with respect to general problem solving. A qualitative research technique, case studying, was used in this study. Three students who were good at solving math problems were participants in this research. Individual problem-solving activities, group problem-solving activities, semistructured interviews, and video and voice recordings were used as data collection tools. Received data were analyzed by using a descriptive analysis approach. To analyze how the students perform reflection during the examination process, a conceptual framework was used for descriptive analysis by considering five factors, such as knowledge, experience, feeling/emotion, context, and a group friend. These factors correspond to the reflection in a three-dimensional theoretical framework that Hong and Choi (2011) introduced in their studies. Depending on the thematic framework made, data were read and edited. As a result of this research, it was found that not only were the students good at knowledge-, experience-, and context-based themes but also at presenting reflections in feeling-/emotion- and group-friend-based themes; however, in some cases, these students found it difficult to reflect when constrained by specified indicators; they engaged in some deficient reflections or they could not reflect at all.

Keywords

• problem çözme
• yansıtıcı düşünme becerisi
• yansıtma