AN INVESTIGATION OF OPEN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ THINKING STYLES

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Thinking styles are also included in individual differences that are influential on human learning. Learners thinking styles have often been studied on those involved in the formal education system. This research attempted to identify the present situation regarding the styles of ongoing learners. For this reason this is a descriptive research, appropriate to survey model. The study group consists of 70 participants who were enrolled in the Open Education High School in Tuzla Public Education Center in Istanbul in the academic year of 2016-2017 and applied for registration renewal procedures. Participants were determined according to voluntariness principle. Thinking Styles Inventory developed by R. J Sternberg and R. K Wagner’s was used to collect our data. The scale consists of 5 factors (functions, forms, level, scopes, leanings) and 13 subscales. The scale was adapted to Turkish for the first time by Bulus (2006) and the item numbers has been reduced to 65 compared to the original. According to the findings obtained in our research, the students in Open High School have the highest average score in Liberal thinking style while having the lowest scores in the Legislative thinking style. However, we found out that women use the legislative style more than men. Legislative style represents innovative, creative and idea- producing features.

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Individual differences , Thinking Styles , Distance Education , Open Education High School

Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi

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Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi