M.A. Thesis:

The role of goal orientation٫ educational conflict٫ academic self-concept and class structure in predicting critical thinking of medical students of sabzevar university of medical sciences

The purpose of this study was to determine the role of goal orientation, academic engagement, academic self-concept and class structure in predicting critical thinking styles of medical students of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences. The method of this research was descriptive correlational.The statistical population included 520 students of all medical students of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences in 1397. A sample of 221 patients was selected using Cochran's formula. Data required for research using California Standard Critical Thinking Critical Questionnaire (Fachon & Fachon, 1990), Elliot & Church Objective Orientation (1997), Educational Learning Confidence (1391), Educational Self-Concept, Li Yu and Wang (2005) And perception of the Blackburn Classroom structure (1998). Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics (including frequency, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient and regression) with Spss software version 20. The results of this study showed that the variables of academic engagement, academic self-concept and class structure can explain the changes in students' critical thinking. Also, the results show that the correlation of students' critical thinking component with orientation of orientation skill orientation and orientation of orientational performance is positively and significantly, but critical thinking of students with the direction of avoidance skill and the direction of the avoidance circuit Negative and meaningful.

Keywords: Target orientation, educational conflict, academic self-concept, class structure, critical thinking