A Book Review: New Directions, Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking

the relationship between critical thinking and reading strategies

during the process of reading, sometimes learners use ineffective and inefficient strategies and some factors may influence their use of strategies. perhaps critical thinking is one of these factors. this study aims to identify those categories of reading strategies that are mostly used by iranian efl learners and to see if there is any significant relationship between the critical thinking abi...

Critical Thinking by Alec Fisher (Book Review)

Process Writing and Enhancement of Critical Thinking Ability: Is Writing a Vehicle or an Ingredient of Critical Thinking?

The study aimed to investigate the relationship between process writing (PW) and critical thinking (CT) ability of Iranian EFL learners. Furthermore, the role of PW in the enhancement of CT was investigated. In so doing, 125 upper-intermediate language learners were selected from Islamic Azad University based on convenience sampling. The results of pretest administration indicated that particip...

the impact of generative learning strategy use on efl learners’ reading achievement and critical thinking

این پژوهش کوشیده است تأثیر به کارگیری راهبردهای زایا را بر پیشرفت و بسندگی در خواندن و درک مطلب و نیز بر تفکر انتقادی زبان آموزان انگلیسی را بررسی کند. در این پژوهش تعداد 46 دانش آموز دختر در مقطع متوسطه اول به صورت تصادفی انتخاب وبه دو گروه تجربی و شاهد با تعداد دانش آموزان مساوی در هر گروه تقسیم شدند. به هر دو گروه سه داستان کوتاه به عنوان موضوع خواندن برای کلاس داده شد. به گروه تجربی درابتدا...

The Effect of Teaching Critical Thinking Strategies on Students’ Academic Writing, Critical Thinking Ability, and Critical Thinking Dispositions

This study intended to investigate the interplay of critical thinking explicit instruction, academic writing performance, critical thinking ability, and critical thinking dispositions of Iranian students. To this end, 140 students of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences (73 males and 67 females) were selected. They were divided into the experimental and control groups. Both groups received ins...