Background/Purpose: Critical thinking is an important element of all professional fields and academic disciplines. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the Computer Simulation Program for Teaching Physical Education Critical-Thinking Skills (CSP-TPECTS) into teaching method of PE enhance the critical thinking intention and belief of PE.
Method: Seventy-five college students and teachers from two classes participated in this study. Furthermore these students have teaching experience before. Thirty-five (n=35) students were assigned as an experimental group receiving the CSP-TPECTS program for 100 min, and forty (n=40) students were designed as the control group and took 100 min unrelated of CSP-TPECTS program. Both groups completed the test of critical thinking intention and pre-service teacher self teaching belief of PE before and after the implementation. The analysis of ANCOVA, repeated measures were adopted.
Analysis/Results: a) the experimental group was significantly improved in the factors of reflection, open minded and empathy, and analysis of systematicness on critical thinking intention and of PE (Wilks' Lambda=0.45, F(1,34)=41.39, p<.05; Wilks' Lambda=0.38, F(1,34)=54.57, p<.05; Wilks' Lambda=0.82, F(1,34)=7.28, p<.05). And the control group was no significant difference on the factors of reflection, open minded and empathy. b) The experimental group was significantly enhance the factors of interactive, teaching methods of pre-service teacher self teaching belief of PE (Wilks' Lambda=0.56, F(1,34)=26.29, p<.05; Wilks' Lambda=0.56, F(1,34)=26.60, p<.05). In the control group, all the factors of the scale were no significant difference.
Conclusions: It was concluded that the CSP-TPECTS program has helped improve college students' critical thinking intention and belief.