This study was undertaken to assess the critical thinking dispositions of undergraduate college students in a comprehensive university mainland China and examine roles gender major subjects’ dispositions. An adapted Chinese version California Critical Thinking Dispositions Inventory (CCTDI) used survey 534 students. Statistics revealed that over 3/4 subjects were negative their think critically...

BACKGROUND Arguments for including mindfulness instruction in higher education have included claims about the benefits of mindfulness practice for critical thinking. While there is theoretical support for this claim, empirical support is limited. The aim of this study was to test this claim by investigating the effects of an online mindfulness intervention on executive function, critical thinki...

This paper offers a state-of-the-art working definition for the concept of Critical Thinking (CT hereafter) in an attempt to provide a framework for the development of an operational definition for this complex concept. Having studied various definitions and models, proposed for CT by major figures in the field, the key defining features of this rich concept were identified and classified. Base...

Because both critical thinking and library anxiety have been found to play an important role in determining learning outcomes, it is possible that these two constructs are related in some way. To date, however, this link has not been empirically examined. In the present study, we have attempted to identify the nature of the association between critical thinking disposition and library anxiety a...

This study aimed to investigate the effect of online, flipped, and in-class critical thinking teaching on skills dispositions university students. Pretest-posttest control group quasi-experimental design was employed in this that has three experimental groups one group. In first group, conducted fully online. second flipped classroom approach while thinking. third face-to-face classes. Watson-G...

This research aims to examine the relationship between critical thinking dispositions of preservice teachers and their decoding skills in information communication technologies (decoding skills-ICT). As a method, survey correlational models from quantitative approaches were used. Research universe is Faculty Education at state university Turkey. With use convenience sampling 262 who voluntarily...

Background: Today, most experts believe that critical thinking skill and dispositions among learners provide them opportunities for better understanding and evaluating new knowledge. Therefore most educational programs put an effort to develop such potentiality among students. Our study aimed to evaluate critical thinking disposition among healthcare management students of Shah...