Critical Thinking Skills of the Industrial Technology Students at the Pangasinan State University

Abstract

This study investigated the students' basic knowledge and skills in professional drawing and teaching at the Pangasinan State University – Lingayen Campus (PSU-LC) during the 2019 – 2020 school year. This study's populations included one hundred (100) male freshmen and one hundred (100) female freshmen majoring in Industrial Technology. There were a total of two hundred (200) respondents. The data was analyzed using a descriptive sample and inferential statistics. The t-test was used to test the hypothesis, with a 0.05 degree of significance. The study's main finding was as follows: the course contents in a technical drawing were achieved by freshmen, The instructional materials used in developing the basic knowledge and skills in technical drawing were sufficient, as viewed by the male and female freshmen, and the techniques used in developing the basic knowledge and skills in technical drawing and instruction among the freshmen were successful. Since the problems experienced in acquiring basic knowledge and skills in technical drawing and instruction among freshmen were moderately severe, remedial steps to mitigate the problems encountered in acquiring basic knowledge and skills in technical drawing and instruction among freshmen as viewed by male and female freshmen were reasonably important. Based on the results and assumptions reached, the following suggestions are made: the freshmen should continue to achieve the course material of technical drawing, the teachers should continue to optimize the use of successful techniques used in improving the basic knowledge and skills in technical drawing and instruction among the freshmen, The teachers and freshmen must ensure the adequacy of resources used in acquiring expertise and skills in professional drawing; the moderately severe problems found by the male and female freshmen must be addressed immediately by the authorities and themselves; and the teachers and freshmen should take the requisite steps to reduce the problems encountered in obtaining the basic knowledge and skills in technical drawing and teaching that are discovered to be required.