the major aim of this study was to investigate the effect of literary discussion on critical thinking. to this end, two classes (experimental and control groups) were selected from college of ferdowsi university. in both groups literature was used as supplementary homework. students were supposed to read short stories and poems at home and present them in class. the students in the experimental...

Recent research has argued forcefully and persuasively that to understand creative thinking it is necessary to investigate both convergent and divergent thinking processes. In the context of group decision making in emergency response, the link between these processes is particularly relevant, since stakes are high and, by definition, thinking must conclude with decision. This study investigate...

The purpose of this study, in an environment of Internet project-based learning, is to undertake research on the effects of thinking styles on learning transfer. In this study, we establish an environment that incorporates project-based learning and Internet. Within this environment, we divide our sample of elementary school students into four groups: Executive Group, Legislative Group, Judicia...

This study examined whether culture related factors influence university students’ critical thinking use. The participants were 363 students from Kyoto and Okinawa in Japan, and Auckland in New Zealand. They completed a questionnaire assessing critical thinking use, study self-efficacy, adherence to authority, regulatory mode (assessment/locomotion), and self-construal (independence/ interdepen...

in this article the possible effects of the translation technologies on the critical thinking and translation ability of the students of the translation studies would be studied through a pre-experimental method of research. the participants of this research were thirty one iranian senior translation studies students at the age group of 20-26 who were selected based on their age, educational le...

PURPOSE To determine whether critical thinking in problem-based learning (PBL) group discourse differed according to case modality. METHOD The study was conducted in 2000 in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver. Third-year medical students on their pediatrics clerkship were divided into three groups: face-to-face with a text case, face-to-fac...

Abstract Controversy has not been yet resolved among L2 researchers as how to enhance higher-order thinking skills (HOTSs) in EFL contexts. Responding to the growing need to foster thinking skills, many L2 educators have recently attempted to investigate the effect of diverse teaching strategies on HOTS. Yet, few studies have focused on the infusion of Gardner’s (1999) theory of multiple intell...