This study provides a comprehensive assessment of the associations of personality and
intelligence. It presents a meta-analysis (N= 162,636, k= 272) of domain, facet, and item …

Background In medicine, critical thinking is required for managing and tolerating medical
uncertainty, as well as solving professional problems and treating diseases. However, the …

" In this book, Keith Stanovich attempts to resolve the Great Rationality Debate in cognitive
science-the debate about how much irrationality to ascribe to human cognition. Stanovich …

Although the development of critical thinking (CT) is a major goal of science education,
adequate emphasis has not been given to the measurement of CT skills in specific science …

Although the development and transfer of critical thinking skills are recognized as primary
goals for education, there is little empirical evidence to help educators decide how to teach …

The need to cultivate students' use of metacognitive strategies in critical thinking has been
emphasized in the related literature. The present study aimed at examining the role of …

Cognitive or intellectual investment theories propose that the development of intelligence is
partially influenced by personality traits, in particular by so-called investment traits that …

This article describes the development and psychometric evaluation of a Critical Thinking
Disposition Scale (CTDS). Items for the scale were generated using taxonomies of important …

Critical thinking is embedded in 2 dimensions, critical attitude and ability, which may or may
not mutually affect students' self-confidence in science inquiry learning. To understand this …

Background Arguments for including mindfulness instruction in higher education have
included claims about the benefits of mindfulness practice for critical thinking. While there is …