Author(s): Péter TÓTH, Kinga HORVÁTH

Title: EGYETEMI HALLGATÓK ABSZTRAKT GONDOLKODÁSI KÉPESSÉGÉNEK VIZSGÁLATA EGY MŰSZAKI FELSŐOKTATÁSI INTÉZMÉNYBEN

Source: 11th International Conference of J. Selye University. Pedagogical Sections. Conference Proceedings

ISBN: 978-80-8122-333-4

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36007/3334.2019.67-89

Publisher: J. Selye University, Komárno, Slovakia

PY, pages: 2019, 67-89

Published on-line: 2019

Language: hu

Abstract: In Central European technical higher education, the degree of drop-out rates is high, especially for real subjects [32]. The reason behind this is the abstract thinking of students with very different levels of development. In the first part of our study the abstract thinking ability is interpreted, then the aim of the research is formulated, the applied measuring instrument and the most important attributes of the 93 students participating in the research are presented. First among the first results of the pilot research the connection was looked for between the raw points achieved on the test and the time spent on the solution, clusters were formed, and it was found that one of the determining factors of group formation is the total time expenditure. Both variables are considered normal. The linear regression method proved to be a link between the two variables. Finally, by item-by-item analysis, it was found that the test has a very varied set of tasks, and therefore the measuring instrument is well differentiated.

Keywords: abstract reasoning, logical thinking, inductive reasoning, technical higher education, STEM, drop-out

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