A Comparative Study of Students’ Academic Progress based on the Type of Educational levels and Admitted Quota

Higher education has always faced problems and limitations in instruction and research and realization of its goals have greatly depended on students’ academic progress. Thus, the present study looked for a comparative study of students’ academic progress based on educational levels and admitted quota. To this end, a sample was drawn from the population of conditioned associate and bachelor students of the first semester in academic year 2018-2019 at Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch. Data collection instrument was the questionnaire of critical thinking which is known as writing test of critical thinking. In order to analyze the data, inferential statistics of t-test and analysis of variance were conducted via SPSS 25. The results indicated that teaching of critical thinking without the effect of quota and levels has a positive impact on critical thinking and academic progress. The findings provide evidence for the significant and independent role of critical thinking instruction in teaching, learning and academic progress of higher education students.