cognitive skill

The purpose of the current research was to Meta-analyze the effectiveness of philosophy education on the cognitive skills of Iranian students. The statistical population was the available research related to cognitive and metacognitive interventions on anxiety, available between 2001 and 2021 in the computer databases accessible. Finally, 72 studies with 89 effect sizes were included in the meta-analysis. The research findings showed that the size of the total combined effect (0.99) is evaluated according to Hattie's criterion and based on Cohen's large criterion. Also, in examining the role of moderating variables, the results of favorable effectiveness on each of the cognitive skills: critical thinking, cognitive flexibility, judgment, problem-solving, and questioning were investigated, among which the effectiveness of philosophy education on cognitive flexibility with a summary effect size (1.07) was the highest. Had the amount considering the high effectiveness of philosophy education on cognitive skills in gender groups, it is suggested that this program be added to the official education program in schools by following its principles.

The main purpose of this study is to describe the relation between managers’ trinary skills and human resources performance assessment in Persian Gas Refinery Company. The methods used in this study was descriptive-correlationThe statistical population of this study included 80 managers in various organizational levels (top, middle, and operational) of the Persian Gas Refinery Company in 2012,selected throughstratified random sampling technique. To collect the data, two standard questionnaires were used, the first one was the managers’ trinary skills made by Qanbari (1390) and the other one was Stephen's (2005) personnel performance assessment questionnaire. The results indicated that there was a significant relation between technical, human and cognitive skills of managers and human resources performance assessment. It also indicated that there was a significant difference between managers’ trinary skills in various organizational levels (top, middle, and operational).

The purpose of this study was to examine theeffectiveness of training of Jager's Knowledge and meta-cognitive skill program on reading performance of students with reading learning disability.The research method in this study wasexperimental with pretest-posttest design with a control group. The study populations included all the third grade elementary female students, with reading learning disabilities in schools of Esfahan in 2012-2013 school year. The sample included 30 female students with reading learning disabilities that were randomly selectedand were randomly assigned to an experimental and a control groups (15 students to the experimental group and 15 students to the control group). Training of Jager's Knowledge and meta-cognitive skill program was conducted in the experimental group. The research instruments are Jager’s Knowledge and meta-cognitive skill program, Reading Test, and Wechsler intelligence test. The data obtained were analyzed using analysis of covariance. The results showed that the training of Jager's Knowledge and meta-cognitive skillprogram has a positive effect on improving f the reading performance of students with reading disability. So it can be claimed that training program will lead to increased knowledge and metacognitive skills of students with reading learning disability.