Developing Students’ Mathematical Critical Thinking Skills Using Open-Ended Questions and Activities Based on Student Learning Preferences

Table 8

High-achieving: means and standard deviations for pre- and post-test scores.

Critical thinking subskills	N	Maximum score	Pretest		Posttest
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Interpretation	4	3	0.250 (8.333%)	0.500	1.500 (50.00%)	0.577
Analysis	4	6	2.500 (41.667%)	1.291	4.000 (66.667%)	0.816
Evaluation	4	3	0.500 (16.667)	0.577	1.500 (50.000%)	1.291
Inference	4	6	0.250 (4.167%)	0.500	2.500 (41.667%)	3.000
Overall	4	18	3.500 (19.444%)	2.517	9.500 (52.778%)	4.123