One of the main goals of education is to foster critical thinking. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the tendency toward critical thinking in secondary school students of Kermanshah province. The method of this study was descriptive survey. The statistical population consisted of all boys in secondary school in grade 2 of Shahed and Nemoneh high schools of Kermanshah in the academic year 1394-1395.The method is multi-stage cluster sampling that 230 students were selected randomly. To collect data, Rickets' Thought Thinking Questionnaire (2003) was used. Its reliability was 0.72 using Cronbach's alpha. The results showed that among students, the rate of tendency to critical thinking and its components (except for growth) was higher than average. There was no significant difference between students' performance in critical thinking and its components in their grade and field of study. Father's correlation coefficient with commitment component and with tendency towards critical thinking was significant. Also, there was a positive and significant relationship between mother's education and commitment component.
yasemi, S. , salehi, K. and zareie, M. (2018). Studying the tendency to critical thinking in secondary school students. Research in Guidance and Counseling Education, 1396(7), 107-130.
MLA
yasemi, S. , , salehi, K. , and zareie, M. . "Studying the tendency to critical thinking in secondary school students", Research in Guidance and Counseling Education, 1396, 7, 2018, 107-130.
HARVARD
yasemi, S., salehi, K., zareie, M. (2018). 'Studying the tendency to critical thinking in secondary school students', Research in Guidance and Counseling Education, 1396(7), pp. 107-130.
CHICAGO
S. yasemi , K. salehi and M. zareie, "Studying the tendency to critical thinking in secondary school students," Research in Guidance and Counseling Education, 1396 7 (2018): 107-130,
VANCOUVER
yasemi, S., salehi, K., zareie, M. Studying the tendency to critical thinking in secondary school students. Research in Guidance and Counseling Education, 2018; 1396(7): 107-130.
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