Examining the Effectiveness of Positive Thinking Skills Training on High School Girls’ Achievement Motivation in Tehran A. Azimi Khoee Sh. Navabinejad, Ph.D. The present study was undertaken to examine the effectiveness of positive thinking skills training on high school girls’ achievement motivation in Tehran. The study was a quasi-experimental one with pretest/pos...

BACKGROUND Undergraduate nursing students are often confused by multiple understandings of critical thinking. In response to this situation, the Critiique for critical thinking (CCT) project was implemented to provide consistent structured guidance about critical thinking. OBJECTIVES This paper introduces Critiique software, describes initial validation of the content of this critical thinkin...

this study was an attempt to investigate the relationship between teachers' personality type (feeling vs. thinking) and speaking skill of pre- intermediate efl students in iranian context. twelve teachers and forty eight students from a local language institute participated in the study. the myers briggs type indicator (mbti), an instrument based on jung’s personality theory, was taken from tea...

The aim of this research study was to explore the effect of instructional techniques on critical thinking and critical thinking dispositions in online discussion, based on triangulation design. Six Thinking Hats, Brainstorming, Role Playing, Socratic Seminar, and Anyone Here an Expert, were selected as an instructional techniques for online discussion. In the quantitative part, according to the...

The purpose of the current study was to determine the effect of creative thinking training on the creativity of 12-year-old girl members of Imam Ali Public Library in Qom. This experimental research had a pretest-posttest control group design. The statistical population of the study consisted of all 12-year-old girl members of Imam Ali Public Library in Qom from among whom 60 children were rand...

background critical thinking disposition has been recognized as an essential feature in nursing. objectives we conducted this study to determine the effect of guided questioning on the disposition of critical thinking among nursing students. materials and methods in this quasi-experimental study, all the second year nursing students (n = 54) from tabriz nursing and midwifery faculty of iran in ...

Background: Attention to children's nutrition is important; since they are the most sensitive and vulnerable group in the community against malnutrition and food shortages. Therefore, this study aims to design, implement, and evaluate the effect of educational programs based on (philosophy for children) on thinking skills about healthy breakfast consumption of sixth-grade elementary school stud...