Investigation of EBA Digital Education Platform Used as the Medium of Distance Education in Turkey during COVID-19 Pandemic Process in Terms of Critical Thinking Skills

This paper focuses on investigating whether the contents of 6th grade math lesson in the digital education platform (EBA) used in distance education in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic period are appropriate to the critical thinking standards. The contents of the math lesson, which are in the digital education platform (EBA) in 2020-2021 academic years, constitute the population of the study. The course contents, which belong to "Data Collection" and "Data Analysis" subtopics of 6th grade math lesson used in Turkey's digital education platform (EBA) in 2020-2021 academic years, constitute the sample of the study. In the study, document analysis method is used. Based on the analysis conducted, it is concluded that the learning contents, which belong to "Data Collection and Evaluation" and "Data Analysis" subtopics of 6th grade math lesson, are appropriate to clearness, accuracy, importance, sufficiency, depth, and precision standards of critical thinking. In accordance with the findings discovered, some suggestions are made on the process of distance education.