this paper argues that we will never get rid of the extremist mentality unless the dualist view prevails and is taught as part of the educational system. the dualist view takes account of both sides of an argument whereas the extremist view promotes one side unequivocally without considering the merits of the opposing view. the merits of the dualist view can be taught in schools so that everyon...

Performing two tasks concurrently is difficult, which has been taken to imply the existence of a structural processing bottleneck. Here we sought to assess whether and to what degree one's multitasking abilities depend on the cognitive-control style one engages in. Participants were primed with creativity tasks that either called for divergent thinking-which were suspected to induce a holistic,...

Age differences in future time perspective and the relations between future time perspective, locus of control, and past and anticipated future life events were examined in younger (ages 20 to 37) and older (ages 60 to 81) men and women. There were neither age nor gender differences in the time period participants reported thinking of most frequently. Participants reported thinking about the ne...

Engineers, facing increasingly complex problems, need to understand the technical and contextual aspects of their work develop effective solutions. Assessments comprehensive systems thinking skills are needed support development these inform professional placement. Thus, our study investigated current assessments in engineering by systematically reviewing existing assessments. We analyzed which...

In most Saudi nursing schools the pedagogy consist of the teacher being the source of knowledge and student are usually having a passive role. The student engagement is very limited and their style of studying consists of memorization. The opportunity to translation of what is learned in the classroom into clinical practice is also limited. The objective of this paper to address the importance ...

For clinicians such as GPs, critical thinking includes critical appraisal of scientific evidence and the context of their clinical practice, and critical introspection. Largely due to a lack of rigorous research, there is no evidence that teaching critical thinking or appraisal, at undergraduate or postgraduate levels, improves GPs' clinical performance or their patients' health. Before conduct...