abstractthe present study aimed to explore the impact of teaching critical thinking skills through applying debate on the use of communicative strategies. at first 60 intermediate students were selected and placed in two homogenous groups of control and experimental through passing nelson test. then, a critical thinking appraisal was run to the two groups both before and after the treatment. th...

conclusions the project succeeded in using focus group data from academics to inform software development while at the same time retaining the benefits of broader philosophical dimensions of critical thinking. materials and methods critiique is flexible, authorable software that guides students step-by-step through critical appraisal of research papers. the spelling of critiique was deliberate,...

AIMS The Schematic Appraisals Model of Suicide (SAMS) suggests that positive self-appraisals may be important for buffering suicidal thoughts and behaviours, potentially providing a key source of resilience. The current study aimed to explore whether positive self-appraisals buffered individuals from suicidality in the face of stressful life events. METHOD 78 participants who reported experie...

background: the aim of this study was to investigate the ability of iranian medical and dental students in thinking critically and to assess their ability in using definite components of critical thinking (ct). methods: multistage cluster sampling was utilized to recruit 125 preclinical (1st, 2nd and 3rd year of study) students in yazd shaheed sadoughi university of medical sciences in yazd, ir...

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...

The present study attempted to discover whether there is a significant relationship between EFL teachers' critical thinking ability and their teaching success.To this end, 113 Iranian male and female English teachers were required to fill out Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal. Besides, their students were asked to answer the Characteristics of Successful EFL Teachers questionnaire. The ...

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 ...

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...

Regulators have extensively used warning signs in many health domains to enhance knowledge and shift attitudes and behaviors to reduce associated harm. The effectiveness of these signs is influenced by their physical attributes and content. Gambling warning signs traditionally focus on the following: informing individuals of the potentially risky outcomes of gambling and the odds of winning, en...