Zahra Azami; Hamid Salehiniya
Volume 12, Issue 5 , February 2016, , Pages 725-733
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Background & Objective: Information literacy is a critical requirement for access to information in the communication age in the community Through using critical thinking skills valid and reliable information can be obtained This research was conducted to determine the relationship of critical thinking ...
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Background & Objective: Information literacy is a critical requirement for access to information in the communication age in the community Through using critical thinking skills valid and reliable information can be obtained This research was conducted to determine the relationship of critical thinking with information literacy among student of the School of Management and Medical Information Sciences of Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iran Methods: This analytical crosssectional study was conducted on 338 students of the School of Management and Medical Information Sciences of Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2014 The valid and reliable California Critical Thinking Skills TestForm B (CCTST) and the Information Literacy Standard Questionnaire were used for collecting data The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and correlation coefficient test in SPSS software Results: The critical thinking skills among students were at a low level A weak relationship was observed between the mean score of critical thinking and information literacy (P = 0050) In addition students information literacy had a positive correlation with inference components (r = 012 P = 0040) and analysis components of critical thinking (r = 16 P = 0006) Conclusion: Given the low level of critical thinking in students and the relationship between the components of critical thinking and information literacy the implementation of programs to improve students critical thinking is recommended This is necessary due to the dependence of the increase in students information literacy on critical thinking
Zahra Azami; Hamid Salehiniya
Volume 12, Issue 1 , May 2015, , Pages 49-55
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Background & Objective: Critical thinking skills in students are essential to making better decisions Obtaining information on the critical thinking skills of students is useful in curriculum planning Therefore this study was conducted to evaluate the critical thinking skills of students of ...
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Background & Objective: Critical thinking skills in students are essential to making better decisions Obtaining information on the critical thinking skills of students is useful in curriculum planning Therefore this study was conducted to evaluate the critical thinking skills of students of the School of Management and Medical Informatics Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iran in 2013 Methods: This was a crosssectional analytical study The study sample consisted of 338 students of the School of Management and Medical Informatics of Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2013 The data collection tool used was the California Critical Thinking Skills TestForm B (CCTSTForm B) Data were analyzed using independent ttest and ANOVA in SPSS software Results: The mean score of critical thinking among female students was 762 ± 450 and among male students 747 ± 369 this difference was not significant ANOVA showed a significant relationship between critical thinking score and level of education (P = 0002) The highest mean score of critical thinking (898) was observed among MSc students Moreover a significant relationship was observed between critical thinking score and field of study (P = 0001) Conclusion: The results show that the critical thinking skills of the studied students were poor in all aspects hence training students in this respect is essential
