Unveiling the divide: Analyzing critical thinking skills in literature and commerce students

Abstract

Skill-oriented education molds learners in a holistic manner, where they are challenged to think critically, reflect analytically, interrogate precisely and contemplate from various dimensions. The goal of the current work is to examine the insightful analysis of undergraduate literature learners with those of commerce students. Sixty high-performing students were selected from various colleges located in Bengaluru. Feedback on undergraduate literature/commerce students’ level of critical thinking has been gathered through a questionnaire. According to the study, gamification and digital storytelling might enhance the critical thinking abilities of these students. Here, three different pedagogies, case studies, logical reasoning questions, and multiple-choice questions (MCQ) were used to assess the skill sets of these two groups. The study suggests methods that can be used to help undergraduate literature and commerce students become more adept at critical thinking.