Talkative abilities and critical thought in students of third semester of the Facultad de Educación - Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú

Abstract

In this research, the scientific method was used as a general method, with a quantitative approach, descriptive level and the design was correlational descriptive, its main objective was to determine the relationship between communication skills and critical thinking in students of the third semester of the Faculty of Education - National University of Central Peru. The sample consisted of 195 students, the amount of the sample was obtained by means of the sample size formula for a finite population. The instruments to measure the variables of communication skills and critical thinking were: The Communication Skills questionnaire adapted by Cangalaya (2019) with 27 items and the Critical Thinking questionnaire, adapted by Alvarado (2015) with 34 items. The conclusion reached after data processing is: Yes, there is a high and significant relationship between communication skills and critical thinking in third-semester students of the Faculty of Education - Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú, an affirmation that is made using the rhode Spearman test (rho = 0.545) based on a 95% level of reliability.