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The aim of this study is to investigate whether English language instructors' critical thinking
dispositions change according to their education level, gender, experience, the level they teach and
the faculty they graduated from. The scope of this study is composed of 112 English language
instructors working at the preparatory schools of Hacettepe University, Çankaya University, İzzet
Baysal University and Gazi University. In this study the general scanning model is used within the
scope of descriptive research. The data collection instrument used in this study is "California Critical
Thinking Disposition Scale", which was translated into Turkish by Kökdemir in 2003. To answer
questions 1, 2 and 5, one independent variable with 2 categories and one dependent variable T-test
was done. Moreover, for both groups normality distributions were analyzed. Besides this, for the
homogeneity of variance, the test of Levene was implemented. For questions 3 and 4, one
independent variable with three categories and one dependent variable one-way ANOVA was
implemented. Additionally, normality distribution was analyzed for each group’s dependent
variable. In order to analyze the differences between groups Post-hoc Bonferoni was conducted.
According to the findings of the study, there is no significance between English language instructors'
critical thinking dispositions and their education level or the years of experience they have.
However, there is significance between their critical thinking skills and their gender, the level that
they teach and faculties they graduated from.
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