The Development of Critical Thinking Skills Among Students of University of Zakho Faculty of Humanities According to Gender and Mother Tongue Variables

Abstract

Language and thought are two closely concatenating concepts the absence of one which undermines the other. and through which one can identify different types of thinking. Linguistic thinking is related to the environment from which the individual acquires the language. Thinking facilitates issues and does not complicate them for the advancement, growth, and high level of education in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in general and at the universities of this region in particular. Much attention must be paid to critical thinking skills, because their usefulness does not involve only teaching, but extends to all areas of life. One of the prerequisites of the educational process is the presence of specialized teachers in order to make a change in the students' learning strategies. This study shows the relationship of the research variables, namely gender and mother tongue, with critical thinking skills for the California test (C-2000) based on statistics (SPSS) and the descriptive qualitative approach. In addition, the study also explores the relationship between the objectives of the study and the critical thinking skills of both first and fourth-graders at the Faculty of Humanities (morning classes)/University of Zakho for the academic year 2019-2020.