Introduction: Teachers' knowledge of self-directed learning and critical thinking are two predictors of learning in learners. This knowledge has impact on promotion of active learning process and academic achievement. This study evaluates the relation between tendency to critical thinking and self-direction in nursing and midwifery students and its role on their academic achievement. Methods: A...

‏‎the purpose of the present study was to investigate the latent pattern underlying reading ability . some 272 male and female participants. english majors at the ba level , participated in the study. two valid tests were used in this study, the reading test developed exclusively for the purpose of this project and academic reading section of ielts. to investigate the possible latent underlying...

 Background and Aim: Critical thinking helps to raise awareness and knowledg e growth by applying the mental processes such as analysis , inference and reasoning. So, it provides an appropriate context for problem solving as well as clear and accurate information-based decision making in different managerial and political areas. The aim of this study was to assess and compare academic librarian...

Nurses are of the most important staff in health systems. Nurses' job satisfaction is an important issue in the nursing management. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of critical thinking training on the nurses of psychiatric wards’ job satisfaction. In this study, 54 participants were divided into two groups by random allocation. Brayfield & rothe job satisfaction questionnaire w...

Background and objective: Enhancing critical thinking is a challenge faced in Medical profession. Evaluation of data and choosing proper intervention to reach a correct decision needs skillful thinking. . Midwife as a clinical decision maker uses critical thinking in providing proficient care. Present studies is aimed at determining the education effect based on concept mapping on critical thin...

in this research we have tried to examine the relation between critical thinking and identity styles. present research is correlation and its population is all the first grade high school students in Nazarabad. Its sample includes 320 first grade high school students in Nazarabad and they were chosen through multistage cluster sampling. California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST) and White...

Critical thinking means the ability to evaluate or judge about something. Job satisfaction is positive and pleasure emotion that is result of job evaluation or person experienced. The aim of this study is to examine the relation between critical thinking dispositions and job satisfaction. Methods: in this descriptive and cross-sectional study a sample of 271 were selected from Health Team (ph...