@article{2015,title={THE RELATION BETWEEN QUESTIONING SKILLS AND CRITICAL THINKING TENDENCIES OF HISTORY TEACHER CANDIDATES},abstractNode={This study, which aims to determine the relation between the questioning skills and critical thinking tendencies and the relation between the questioning skills and critical thinking levels, is a descriptive study using survey model. The study was conducted according to the data obtained from 90 teacher candidates, who graduated from the departments of history in 20 different universities throughout Turkey, Cumhuriyet University in particular, and who have been receiving pedagogical formation education in the Faculty of Education, Cumhuriyet University during the fall semester of 2014-2015 educational year. The study data was obtained using "California Critical Thinking Tendency Scale", which was translated into Turkish by Kökdemir (2003) and which is comprised of 51 articles to measure critical thinking tendencies of the participants and using "Questioning Skills Scale" developed by Karademir and Saracoğlu (2013) which is comprised of 14 articles to measure questioning skills of the participants. Pearson Moments Correlation Coefficient, frequency, percentage, standard deviation and arithmetical mean were used as the statistical techniques in analyzing data. The results that emerged with the analysis of data can be summarized as follows: 1. It was seen that the points obtained from questioning skills' scale of history and critical thinking tendencies' scale of history teacher candidates are at an average level. It was determined that the average points of "obtaining information" sub-scale of the questioning skills scale of the teacher candidates and the "Analyticalness" dimension of the sub-scales of critical thinking tendencies' scale of the teacher candidates are above average although those levels still cannot be considered high. It was determined that the points regarding the other sub-scales of these two scales regarding teacher candidates were at an average level. 2. It was determined that there was a significant relation at a level of p},author={Ayla ARSEVEN-- M. Fatih DERVİŞOĞLU - İhami ARSEVEN},year={2015},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science Studies}}