Critical Thinking for Language Models

This paper takes a first step towards a critical thinking curriculum for neural auto-regressive language models. We introduce a synthetic corpus of deductively valid arguments, and generate artificial argumentative texts to train CRiPT: a critical thinking intermediarily pre-trained transformer based on GPT-2. Significant transfer learning effects can be observed: Trained on three simple core schemes, CRiPT accurately completes conclusions of different, and more complex types of arguments, too. CRiPT generalizes the core argument schemes in a correct way. Moreover, we obtain consistent and promising results for NLU benchmarks. In particular, CRiPT's zero-shot accuracy on the GLUE diagnostics exceeds GPT-2's performance by 15 percentage points. The findings suggest that intermediary pre-training on texts that exemplify basic reasoning abilities (such as typically covered in critical thinking textbooks) might help language models to acquire a broad range of reasoning skills. The synthetic argumentative texts presented in this paper are a promising starting point for building such a critical thinking curriculum for language models.''

Social intelligence and its relation to creative thinking among high school students in Damascus

The study aimed to investigate the relationship between social intelligence and creative thinking among secondary school students in Damascus, in addition to identifying the level of social intelligence and creative thinking among the students in the research sample. The researcher used the analytical descriptive method. The study sample consisted of (74) students from secondary school students who were randomly selected. The study tools consisted of the first measure of social intelligence and the second measure of creative thinking. The researcher conducted the necessary statistical analysis to ascertain the psychometric characteristics of the research tools on the one hand and to verify the validity of the hypotheses on the other hand. The results were as follows: 1. There is a significant correlation between social intelligence and creative thinking among high school students (first secondary) 2. There are statistically significant differences in social intelligence among high school students due to the difference in sex (male - female) in favor of females. 3. There are no statistically significant differences in creative thinking among high school students due to gender differences (male - female). In the light of the findings of the study, the researcher recommended the necessity of preparing some activities and exercises that help to develop social intelligence in high school students and to find courses that promote and stimulate the skills of intelligence and thinking, especially social intelligence and creative thinking. The study also recommended that the teacher focus on presenting his material on skills Interpretation, analysis, flexibility, fluency and originality so that students can acquire creative thinking skills

The Role Of Strategic Intelligence In Developing The Performance Of Insurance Companies (A Field Study On Private Insurance Companies In The Syrian Coast)

This research deals with the role of strategic intelligence in the development of the performance of insurance companies where strategic intelligence contributes to helping organizations achieve their goals and interact with their environment with a great deal of flexibility, by providing them with predictions of opportunities and threats, and taking appropriate action on the basis of systematic knowledge and thinking, enabling the organization to respond to current and future environment changes, and planning and forecasting results, which reflected positively on performance, strategic intelligence consists of several elements, including: foresight, systematic thinking, future visioning, motivation, and partnership. The research aims to analyze the reality of applying the elements of strategic intelligence in Private Insurance Companies in The Syrian Coast, and study the nature and strength of the relationship between strategic intelligence and performance. To achieve this, three hypotheses were formulated. The researcher used the questionnaire method to collect the data and analyzed it by using statistical tests, the most important of which were: the one-sample T. test, the Pearson Correlation test, and the multiple regression test. The researcher found several results, the most important of which is: Strategic intelligence is available in the studied companies with an average evaluation. There is also a positive correlation between strategic intelligence and performance. There is a statistically significant effect on the elements of strategic intelligence on performance in the studied companies, except for the elements of future vision and motivation.

Common Styles of thinking among class room teacher students and its relationship with some variable "A field study of students of classroom teacher"

This study aimed at investigating the styles of thinking of class room teacher students in the College of Education at Tishreen University, and to know the impact of the variables of ( gender, school year and the type of secondary school certificate) on styles of thinking of those students, and to achieve the aims of the study a Questionnaire was designed included some items , then the researcher assured its validity and reliability and its suitability to the purposes of this study , the researcher distributed it on a stratified random sample consisted of ( 287 ) students. The descriptive approach has been used.

The level of exercise of Arabic language teachers for the skills of the development of creative thinking in the Directorate of Education in the North Eastern Badia region

The present study aimed to detect the degree of exercise The Arabic language teachers for creative thinking skills in the Directorate of Education for the North Eastern Badia region. The study's sample consisted of (200) The Arabic language teachers for sixth and seven grades. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used a questionnaire composed of (63) items. The results of the study showed that the degree of exercise The Arabic language teachers for creative thinking skills development of the student was moderate on the instrument total score, and in the fields of freedom of expression, the positive perspective towards creativity, teaching methods, methods of evaluation, the class environment, and creativity stimulation. Results of the study also pointed to the lack of a statistically significant degree in exercise The Arabic language teachers in the Directorate of Education for the North Eastern Badia region for creative thinking skills development differences depending on the variable: gender, experience, and qualifications of all fields of study. Accordingly, the study concluded that a number of recommendations related.

The Role Of Strategic Intelligence In Formulating An Effective Strategy For Organizations – A Survey Of The Views Of A Sample Of Managers Of Public Organizations In The Syrian Coast

This Research Aims To Study The Role Of Strategic Intelligence In Formulating An Effective Strategy For Organizations, By Studying Two Important Elements Of Strategic Intelligence: Strategic Thinking And Strategic Planning As Two Independent Variables And Their Role In Formulating An Effective Organizational Strategy That Is Considered A Dependent Variable.

The Psychometric Characteristics Of Cornell Critical Thinking Test Level (x) On A Sample Of Talented Students "A Field Study In The National Centre For The Distinguished In Syria"

This study aimed to investigating the prevalence of Cornell Critical Thinking Test Level (x) on a sample of talented students in the national Centre for the distinguished (NCD) in Syria, and to identify the levels of critical thinking among talented students, and whether these differed according to (students’ gender, academic level), the sample consisted of (167) talented students, the results showed that the participants exhibited an average level of Critical Thinking, and no Significant differences were found due to gender, the results also revealed that Significant differences were found due to academic level for the third academic level.

The level of reasoning thinking among students in the sixth grade in Damascus

The purpose of the research was to identify the level of reasoning thinking in a sample of students in the sixth grade for the academic year 2016-2017. The effect of the sex variable (male and female) was defined on their levels.

Mindfulness and its realation to The contemplative thinking A field study on a sample of Damascus University students

This study aims at identifying the relationship between mindfulness and contemplative thinking in a sample of Damascus University students. It also aims to identify the differences in both mindfulness and contemplative thinking according to the variable of specialization.

Requirements For The Implementation Of Strategic Planning In The Port Governmental Company Of Tartous - Field Study

This Research Aims To Study The Requirements For The Implementation Of Strategic Planning In The Port Governmental Company Of Tartous, And The Existence Of Some Of These Requirements In The Port Governmental Company Of Tartous.