Session
Education and Development
Description
In a fast-changing world, knowing one’s strengths is a definite advantage. It is one’s thinking style that provides such an edge. Knowing about thinking styles not only helps universities to be more effective and efficient, but also assists students in improving their academic performance. The scope of this paper is to study the correlation that exists between thinking styles and the elements of contemporary methods. Another objective of this research is analyzing the thinking styles of students. The study sample consists of 186 students of universities in Albania. The statistical analyses adopted in this study are: Pearson’s correlation coefficient, the distribution table, and the One-Way ANOVA test. In order to analyze the data, SPSS 20 and JASP-8.0.1.2 have been used. It ensues from the study that thinking styles affect two elements of contemporary methods. Most students belong to the concrete-sequential thinking style. The element which students prefer the most is brainstorming. Further, the way in which the elements are assessed changes from one thinking style to the other.
Keywords:
thinking styles, concrete-sequential thinking style, brainstorming
Session Chair
Mary M. Somerville
Session Co-Chair
Karoly Nagy
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-437-66-0
First Page
84
Last Page
89
Location
Durres, Albania
Start Date
28-10-2017 11:00 AM
End Date
28-10-2017 12:30 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2017.121
Recommended Citation
Sahatcija, Roland; Ora, Ariel; and Ferhataj, Anxhela, "Thinking styles through the elements of contemporary methods" (2017). UBT International Conference. 121.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2017/all-events/121
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Thinking styles through the elements of contemporary methods
Durres, Albania
In a fast-changing world, knowing one’s strengths is a definite advantage. It is one’s thinking style that provides such an edge. Knowing about thinking styles not only helps universities to be more effective and efficient, but also assists students in improving their academic performance. The scope of this paper is to study the correlation that exists between thinking styles and the elements of contemporary methods. Another objective of this research is analyzing the thinking styles of students. The study sample consists of 186 students of universities in Albania. The statistical analyses adopted in this study are: Pearson’s correlation coefficient, the distribution table, and the One-Way ANOVA test. In order to analyze the data, SPSS 20 and JASP-8.0.1.2 have been used. It ensues from the study that thinking styles affect two elements of contemporary methods. Most students belong to the concrete-sequential thinking style. The element which students prefer the most is brainstorming. Further, the way in which the elements are assessed changes from one thinking style to the other.