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This qualitative study is based on document analysis method. 100 randomly selected exam papers and 1665 questions asked in these exams are analyzed by three experts in the field. The results conclude that the exam questions are generally at knowledge level in terms of cognitive domain and they are not appropriate to critical thinking.  \n* Mehmet Kaan Demir is an assistant professor at the department of primary education in Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey  \n** Mustafa Yunus Eryaman is an assistant professor at the department of primary education in Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey  \nEducational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, V 7,N 1, 2012 53  \n© 2012 INASED  \nIntroduction  \nThe use of critical thinking skills is vital for people to fully participate in democratic processes of their communities. Therefore, educating people to have critical thinking abilities with the intellectual tools and capacities is a target to be reached for democratic societies. It is possible to reach the objective by educating children as critical thinkers at early ages. Duckwort (1964, p.172) states that education systems have two goals. The first one is to educate individuals who have the capacity of generating new ideas rather than repeating the previous works of researchers and scientists. The second one is to educate individuals with critical thinking capacities in place of individuals who accept everything without questioning.  \nTeaching the ability of critical thinking to primary school children is robustly associated with the intellectual tools and critical thinking capacities of their primary schoolteachers. Consequently, it is important that education of primary school teachers should focus on critical thinking skills with all dimensions. One of these dimensions is the appropriateness of the questions given to prospective primary school teachers in the midterm and final exams.  \nCritical Thinking  \nŞahbat (2002, p. 14 cited in İpşiroğlu 1998) expresses that students accustomed to rote learning and conveying information are shocked when they are asked to comment on a written work, poem, etc., with their own words. Since they do not know how to think on a given topic and they do not grasp the importance and requirement of this process, they quickly transform this into a simple buying and selling process and find someone who thinks for themselves. This can be explained as the unfamiliarity of our culture to the critical thinking.  \nHistorically, critical thinking can be traced back as far as Socrates, and has developed through the centuries, via the writings and teachings of such renowned scholars as Aquinas, Aristotales, Marx, members of the Frankfurt School, etc. Scientists such as Robert Boyle and Sir Isaac Newton developed and used critical processes of thought that challenged the accepted views of the world and demanded a rigorous framework based on carefully gathered evidence and sound reasoning. The contribution of twentieth century educational philosophers such as Dewey, Wittgenstein and Piaget has been to highlight the importance of education in fostering critical thinking abilities, in order to challenge prejudice, over-generalization, misconceptions, self-deception, rigidity and narrowness (Hargreaves & Grenfell, 2003) .  \nThe 1990 Delphi Report on critical thinking, endorsed by an expert panel from a variety of disciplines, defined critical thinking as","cbCaij2qGJEjd6LV","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaij2qGJEjd6LV","pdf",149195,12,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# Critical Thinking\n# Questions and Their Classification","[{\"question\":\"What variables are used to analyze instructors’ exam questions?\",\"answer\":\"The study evaluates exam period, comprehensibility of instructions, cognitive level, and appropriateness for critical thinking.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the research conducted?\",\"answer\":\"It uses a document analysis method based on 100 randomly selected exam papers and 1665 questions, reviewed by three experts.\"},{\"question\":\"What do the results conclude about the exam questions?\",\"answer\":\"The questions are generally at the knowledge level in the cognitive domain and are not appropriate to critical thinking.\"}]","A Qualitative Evaluation of Instructors’ Exam Questions at a Primary Education Department in terms of Certain Variables | PDF",1792094834]