The relationship between student teachers' scientific process skils and critical thinking

This study was carried out to determine the student teachers? levels of scientificprocess skills and critical thinking skills and the relationship between them. The sampleof the study consisted of 224 student teachers studying elementary at Uşak University.In this study, TIPS II was used to explore the level of scientific process skills andCornell Critical Thinking Test Level X was employed to determine the level of CriticalThinking Skills of the student teachers.The analysis of the data suggests that the level of scientific process skills andcritical thinking skills of student teachers are not at a desirable level. There is a lowlevel relationship between scientific process skills and critical thinking skills of studentteachers. Some variables caused a differentiation in the levels of scientific process skillsand critical thinking skills of student teachers.Keywords: Student teachers, Scientific Process Skills, TIPS 2, Critical Thinking Skills,Cornell Critical Thinking Test Level X