Table 3 Test results for critical thinking’s two dimensions.
Intervention strategy | Dimensions of critical thinking | Effect quantity | Effect size | 95% Confidence interval | Heterogeneity test | Two-tailed test | Intergroup effect | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower limit | Upper limit | I2 | df(P) | Z(P) | Chi2 (P) | ||||
Collaborative problem solving | Attitudinal tendency | 27 | 1.17 | 0.87 | 1.47 | 93% | 26(<0.01) | 7.62(<0.01) | 7.95 (<0.01) |
Cognitive skill | 52 | 0.70 | 0.58 | 0.82 | 75% | 51(<0.01) | 11.55(<0.01) | ||
Comprehensive effect size | 0.82 [0.69,0.95], z = 12.78(P < 0.001) | ||||||||
