The role of cognitive learning methods, problem solving methods and self-directed learning with critical thinking students'

The purpose of the present study was to the role of cognitive learning methods, problem solving methods and self-directed learning with critical thinking students. The research method was descriptive correlational. The statistical population of this study was male secondary school students in Tabriz, in the academic year of 2018-2019. According to the Education Office, there are 3224 people in this study, 130 of them were randomly selected by multistage sampling method were selected. In this way, firstly, two educational districts were randomly selected and two schools were selected from each of the four schools and each school was selected. Data were gathered using Rickets Critical Thinking Questionnaire (2003), Kolb Learning Cognitive Questionnaire (1984), Cassidy and Long Learning Problems (1996), and Self-directed Fischer and Collaborative Learning (2001). Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The results of this study showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between critical thinking and reflection observation, abstract conceptualization and active experimentation, and there is a negative and significant relationship between objective experience and critical thinking. On the other hand, critical thinking has a positive and significant relationship with helplessness in problem solving, inhibition in problem solving, and avoidance style. There is a negative and significant relationship with the style of creativity, trust in problem solving and tendency style. Therefore, attention to self-directed learning and methods of solving the problem of creativity and trust play an important role in critical thinking of students.