Mahdye Rahmanian; Maryam Zamani; Nahid Noriyan; sayeed Karinnejad
Volume 4, Issue 2 , January 2016, , Pages 76-88
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Introduction: People’s perception about the world they live in is one of the abilities that can influence their decisions or actions in different situations. The main aim of the present study was to investigate the factors that could affect people’s perception. Method: To do so, 64 students ...
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Introduction: People’s perception about the world they live in is one of the abilities that can influence their decisions or actions in different situations. The main aim of the present study was to investigate the factors that could affect people’s perception. Method: To do so, 64 students of Payame Noor University were selected using random sampling method. After answering the Personality and Critical Thinking Questionnaires, the subjects watched a film which included a fixed dialogue performed in 4 different situations for 5 minutes. Then, based on the film, they responded to a questionnaire. Results: The findings showed that there is no significant relationship between personality traits and critical thinking. However, there were significant relationships between some personality traits and situation elements. In addition, three cognitive abilities including inductive thinking, evaluation and deduction were associated with the location shown in the film. Finally, the results indicated the significant correlation between thinking with location and people’s perception. Conclusion: This research showed that thinking is essential for perception. In addition, through transferring its elements as information units as well as interfering in the type of employed cognitive ability, situational context affects people's type of conception
abbas gholtaj; abdol mohammad taheri; fatemeh marahel
Volume 3, Issue 2 , January 2015, , Pages 95-108
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Introduction: The aim of this research was to study and compare the components of educational democracy in non-profit and public schools and its relationship with critical thinking and social skills of students in middle schools of Gachsaran city. Method: The research method was descriptive and comparative. ...
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Introduction: The aim of this research was to study and compare the components of educational democracy in non-profit and public schools and its relationship with critical thinking and social skills of students in middle schools of Gachsaran city. Method: The research method was descriptive and comparative. The statistical population included all students and teachers of female guidance schools in 2011-12. There were 75 and 160 teachers in non-profit and public schools, respectively. The second population included female students of guidance schools in 2011-12 who were 320 and 820 in non-profit and public schools, respectively. The method of sampling was randomized clustering. From each type of school 2 were selected randomly. An author-made questionnaire for components of educational democracy whose reliability was confirmed by 5 professors was used. The second questionnaire was Critical Thinking Tendency of Rikth whose reliability was obtained as 0.79 using Cronbach's Alpha. The third questionnaire was Social Skills Questionnaire of Inderbitsen whose reliability was obtained as 0.86 using Cronbach's Alpha. The obtained data from questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive statistics (computation of frequency, frequency percentage, cumulative percentage, mean, and standard deviation) and comprehensive statistics (T- test for independent groups). Results: The obtained results suggested that there is a significant difference between public and non-profit schools for components of educational democracy meaning, so that non-profit schools have better status. Also, there was a significant difference between critical thinking and social skills of female students of public and non-profit schools. Conclusions: The scores of non-profit students were better in both cases.
Morteza Tarkhan
Volume 2, Issue 2 , March 2014, , Pages 100-110
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Introduction: The aim of this research was to study the effectiveness of group critical thinking training on social self-efficacy and resilience of narcotics anonymous (Na). Method: The research was semi experimental with pretest – post test design. Using Gaudino & Herbert social self-efficacy ...
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Introduction: The aim of this research was to study the effectiveness of group critical thinking training on social self-efficacy and resilience of narcotics anonymous (Na). Method: The research was semi experimental with pretest – post test design. Using Gaudino & Herbert social self-efficacy questionnaire and Conner & Davidson resilience questionnaire, 30 narcotics anonymous (Na) with low social self-efficacy and resilience were randomly selected and were voluntarily assigned to experimental and control groups (15 persons in each group). The experimental group received 10 sessions of critical thinking skills (a session weekly) and the control group did not receive any training. After the training, social self-efficacy and resilience of the experimental group were measured again. Findings: Analysis of one way covariance method (ANCOVA) showed significant differences in both social self-efficacy (37.96) and resilience (32.69) with P
Majid Safari nia; Hossein Zare; logman Hasani
Volume 1, Issue 1 , June 2013, , Pages 66-76
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Aim: This study aimed at measuring the overall effectiveness of teaching critical thinking on resource control and reducing the cognitive imbalance (arousal) of second year high school male students of Baneh. Method: The study was experimental and the statistical population consisted of 40 ...
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Aim: This study aimed at measuring the overall effectiveness of teaching critical thinking on resource control and reducing the cognitive imbalance (arousal) of second year high school male students of Baneh. Method: The study was experimental and the statistical population consisted of 40 students in second year of high school in Baneh. The subjects were chosen by multiple-stage cluster method. The data was gathered by a standardized questionnaire - reducing inconsistencies DARQ Harmon - Jones (Saffari Nia & Zandi, 1389). Results: The results Showed a significant difference between locus of control of the experimental group and locus of control of the control group. That is, critical thinking can change some traits and characteristics which in this study was resource control. However, there was no significant difference between reducing cognitive imbalance of those who were taught critical thinking and those who were not. In this study, critical thinking not only did not reduce the level of imbalance, but increased it to some extent as well.
