Bahramali Ghanbari Hashemabadi (PhD); Mehri Shahabi (MA)
Volume 4, Issue 12 , July 2008, , Pages 1-21
Abstract
The present research was designed to examine the role of training of critical thinking in improving problem solving and self-esteem in high school girls’ students and to give suggestions to psychotherapists, counselors, schedulers and educational experts for training and enhancing students’ ...
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The present research was designed to examine the role of training of critical thinking in improving problem solving and self-esteem in high school girls’ students and to give suggestions to psychotherapists, counselors, schedulers and educational experts for training and enhancing students’ critical thinking. The method of research is empirical and its statistical society comprised girls who were educating at a high school in Kalaleh town in academic year of 1385-86 (N=1000). We selected 22 students who scored low grades in critical thinking, problem solving and self-esteem tests randomly and devised them into two groups (experimental and control ones). We trained the critical thinking to the experimental group in 10 sessions. Then, the both groups examined by post-test. The data of pretest and post test analyzed using t-test. The finding of the present study revealed that the individual of experimental group who participated in training of critical thinking, obtained higher scores in problem solving skills and self-esteem, and also demonstrated better adjustment to others. In general, from the finding of this study it might be concluded that critical thinking may play a fundamental role in problem solving skills and self-esteem. At the end, researchers have presented practical suggestions and strategies.
hasan maleki
Abstract
In developing textbooks and curricula. Knowledge generation should be considered as a very important strategy. instructional materials have a crucial role in learning and also in enhancing thinking skills. Thinking skills, therefore , nwwd to be taken intro account, while designing and producing sush ...
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In developing textbooks and curricula. Knowledge generation should be considered as a very important strategy. instructional materials have a crucial role in learning and also in enhancing thinking skills. Thinking skills, therefore , nwwd to be taken intro account, while designing and producing sush materials. In addition eight processes for thinking namely , concept forming , principle forming comprehension problem solving decision making researching and integrating ,play a fundamental role in knowledge generation . among these , problem solving skill because of its close relation to knowledge generation , will be taken intro account in the present paper.
