The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of critical thinking training using Socratic questions on critical thinking skills of psychology students of Islamic Azad university Ahvaz branch.The studysampleincludedone class among all offered classes for under graduate students consisted of 44studentswhich were dividedrandomlyinto intervention andcontrolgroups.Pretest, post test control group design was used. After random selection of experimental and control groups, first for all two groups, pre test was performed, then the pilot intervention in 13 sessions of 90 minutes for the experimental group were presented and after the training program, post-test was taken for both groups. The students’ critical thinking skills were measured by Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (Form A). The reliability of test were measured with Kronbakh alfa method (α=0.75) and data was analyzed with Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA), in level of p<0.05(using SPSS 19).Results showed a significant difference between the treatment and control groups in critical thinking total score and four subscales among the five subscales. Findings also determined that variables of, gender and marriage style have not affected critical thinking scores in this study.Therefore we can conclude thattraining critical thinking using Socratic questions can play essential role in increasing critical thinking skills
Nazari, N., Heydari, A. & Bakhtiarpoor, S. (2014). The effectiveness of Socratic questioning on critical thinking skills. Journal of Educational Sciences, 20(2), 81–98.
MLA
Nazari, N., Heydari, A., & Bakhtiarpoor, S. "The effectiveness of Socratic questioning on critical thinking skills", Journal of Educational Sciences, 20, 2, 2014, 81–98.
HARVARD
Nazari, N., Heydari, A., & Bakhtiarpoor, S. (2014). 'The effectiveness of Socratic questioning on critical thinking skills', Journal of Educational Sciences, 20(2), pp. 81–98.
CHICAGO
Nazari, N., Heydari, A. & Bakhtiarpoor, S., "The effectiveness of Socratic questioning on critical thinking skills." Journal of Educational Sciences, 20 2 (2014): 81–98,
VANCOUVER
Nazari N., Heydari A., Bakhtiarpoor S. The effectiveness of Socratic questioning on critical thinking skills. JES. 2014;20(2):81–98 (In Persian).
