جۆری توێژینه‌وه‌ : Original Article

نوسه‌ر

College of Education, Garmian University, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

پوخته‌

The current research aims to identify the prevailing ways of thinking among university students and technical institutes and their relationship to the habits of the mind according to some variables. The research sample consisted of (288) male and female students from Garmian University and Kalar Technical institute for the academic year 2021-2022. To achieve the  research objectives, the researcher used two scales: a scale for ways of thinking according to the theory (Harrison & Bramison, 1982) consisting of (20) attitudes (phrase), and a scale for the habits of mind according to the theory (Costa 2005), which consists of (38) items, and after the investigation of the psychometric properties was applied to the research sample of the students of the last stages (the morning study) who were chosen randomly according to the variables of the location (university or institute) and gender. After analyzing the data, the study has shown:

Both ideal and synthetic thinking are the highest averages, respectively, for university students, followed by other methods of thinking. As for students of technical institutes, both analytical and realistic thinking are the highest averages, then other methods of thinking.
There are statistically significant differences in thinking styles among students due to the location variable and in favor of Garmian university students, while there are no statistically significant differences according to the gender variable.
There are statistically significant differences in the habits of mind among students due to the variable location and in favor of Garmian university students, while there are no statistically significant differences according to the gender variable.
There is a correlation between the styles of thinking (synthetic, ideal, analytical, realistic) and the habits of mind, while there is no correlation between the practical thinking style and the habits of mind among students.

The study concluded with a set of recommendations related to the topics.

وشه‌ بنچینه‌ییه‌كان

ناونیشانی توێژینه‌وه‌ [English]

The prevailing thinking styles among university students and technical institutes and their relationship to the habits of mind in the light of some variable

نوسه‌ر [English]

  • Shwan Saeed

College of Education, Garmian University, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

پوخته‌ [English]

The current research aims to identify the prevailing ways of thinking among university students and technical institutes and their relationship to the habits of the mind according to some variables. The research sample consisted of (288) male and female students from Garmian University and Kalar Technical institute for the academic year 2021-2022. To achieve the  research objectives, the researcher used two scales: a scale for ways of thinking according to the theory (Harrison & Bramison, 1982) consisting of (20) attitudes (phrase), and a scale for the habits of mind according to the theory (Costa 2005), which consists of (38) items, and after the investigation of the psychometric properties was applied to the research sample of the students of the last stages (the morning study) who were chosen randomly according to the variables of the location (university or institute) and gender. After analyzing the data, the study has shown:

Both ideal and synthetic thinking are the highest averages, respectively, for university students, followed by other methods of thinking. As for students of technical institutes, both analytical and realistic thinking are the highest averages, then other methods of thinking.
There are statistically significant differences in thinking styles among students due to the location variable and in favor of Garmian university students, while there are no statistically significant differences according to the gender variable.
There are statistically significant differences in the habits of mind among students due to the variable location and in favor of Garmian university students, while there are no statistically significant differences according to the gender variable.
There is a correlation between the styles of thinking (synthetic, ideal, analytical, realistic) and the habits of mind, while there is no correlation between the practical thinking style and the habits of mind among students.

The study concluded with a set of recommendations related to the topics.

وشه‌ بنچینه‌ییه‌كان [English]

  • Thinking Styles
  • Habits of Mind