we studied the effects of using reflective action approach (raa) on critical thinking of students and teachers. the research method was a semi-experimental and factorial design (2×2). the subjects were 93 students from tabriz teachers education colleges of which 46 students and teachers (24 female and 22 male) formed the experimental group to receive raa and 47 students and teachers (25 female ...

Introduction: One of the essential skills which helps healthcare management students succeed in leadership is development of critical thinking skills during their education. Our study objective was to assess critical thinking skills among healthcare management students of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences in 2016. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted among 9...

Background: Educational achievement is highly important in the higher education and universities’ system in all countries. Critical thinking and problem solving skills are the main outcomes of higher education and the accreditation criteria. Happiness is one of the fundamental emotions of human beings that has a crucial role in the health of individuals and society. It could be the catalyst and...

the idea is growing among educators that thinking skill needs to be given a direct attention. on one hand, critical thinking is supposed to broaden students’ thinking in all regards (schafersman, 1991); and on the other hand learners’ attitudes towards the second language can affect both their performance in the class and their final accomplishment. to this end, the present study started with t...

relationship between critical thinking dispositions and academic achivement in urmia secondary school students     vahdat r [1] , zeinali a [2] , ahmadi doyran z [3] *     received: 2 sep, 2011 accepted: 5 dec, 2011     abstract   background& aims : these days critical thinking has been introduced as the main output of education by field experts. they notice teaching of thinking as a principal ...

Acta Academica is an accredited, open access South African journal dedicated to scholarship in the humanities. The publishes independently refereed research articles It promotes perspectives of critical social theory and engagements with postcolonial post-developmental debates special references (Southern) Africa. thereby support scholarly work that examines how humanities twenty-first century ...

abstract introduction: students with appropriate critical thinking disposition can facilitate the countries of scientific development, at the first step of endeavor toward the development is to have a valid and reliable instrument .this study carried out to determine validly and reliability of california critical thinking disposition inventory (cctdi) and critical thinking disposition of nursin...