hamideh pakmehr; hossein karshki
Volume 10, Issue 34 , January 2015, , Pages 112-126
Abstract
Considering the importance of critical thinking disposition and its’ the factors affecting, the present study was aimed to assess and explain the impact of students’ epistemological perspectives critical thinking disposition. This research method was causal-comparative. The statistic ...
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Considering the importance of critical thinking disposition and its’ the factors affecting, the present study was aimed to assess and explain the impact of students’ epistemological perspectives critical thinking disposition. This research method was causal-comparative. The statistic population consisted of all humanities students in Bafg PNU (460). 146 students were selected through stratified and sample size formula. They completed Ricketts’ critical thinking disposition (2003) and Schommer’ epistemological belief (1998) questionnaire’s. The findings showed that (1): There was significant difference between the two groups of students with complex and raw epistemological belief’s to critical thinking disposition .2- Most students were complex epistemological beliefs. 3. The students’ critical thinking disposition was not desirable. According to the results, change on the raw beliefs into complex beliefs, can be used to strengthen critical thinking and advanced the higher education goals.
hosein jafarisani; hamideh pakmehr
Abstract
Background: Many students believe that Physics' teaching is an abstraction that is difficult to learn. Therefore, this is necessary for learners' utmost good faith to their ability to solve problems in Physics. Objective: This study aims to probe the effectiveness of searching model on students' self-esteem ...
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Background: Many students believe that Physics' teaching is an abstraction that is difficult to learn. Therefore, this is necessary for learners' utmost good faith to their ability to solve problems in Physics. Objective: This study aims to probe the effectiveness of searching model on students' self-esteem beliefs in solving Physics problems. Method: This study is quasi-experimental design of pretest-posttest with two control groups. The statistic society includes all the basic high school male students of Fariman town in Khorasan Razavi province, in the academic of year 2011-2012. Results: Paired t-test results on the effectiveness of the pattern on the search showed that the rate of self-efficacy scores between the pretest and posttest in experimental group is significantly different from (t= -4.44, p<0/001), so knowledge of self-efficacy scores of experimental group and the other components of the test scores were higher in pre-test. Conclusion: Given the above findings, we conclude that the search pattern, self-esteem of students in their ability to solve problems in Physics teaching, was increased. Therefore, employing this model in teaching high school students is recommended
