Research on the Cultivating Critical Thinking Through Analysis of Process Errors

In an educational ecology of information explosion, critical thinking becomes an important quality of students to adapt to the future society that schools should educate. But in reality, there is a conflict between the requirements for college entrance education and developmental thinking. To address the difficulty in implementing the development of critical thinking in teaching practice, this paper proposes a method that analysis of process errors on student tests. The approach is to trace the causes and explore solutions through self-reflection and discussion. The specific process includes testing students, collecting error information, student self-reflection, and group discussion. Subsequently, students with incorrect and correct answers are selected for open discussion and analysis in the classroom, culminating in an evaluation of their thinking development and subject accumulation. The analysis of process errors method has a positive effect on students’ expression, thinking, and inference skills, and can be effective in developing critical thinking in teaching.