Studying the influence of training based on web and computer and mobile learning on student's critical thinking skills and creative thinking in students of Mazandaran province universities

The purpose of this research is studying the influence of training based on web and computer and mobile learning on students'' critical thinking skills and creative thinking in students of Mazandaran province universities. The study is functional in purpose، descriptive in nature and in method is a survey research. The population consists of all university students (312،586 Students) in the academic year 1391-92. By using cluster random sampling three universities were selected randomly by observing ratios، 385 students in two groups of men and women were selected as sample. Data collection is a questionnaire with 22 questions in two dimensions of critical thinking and creative thinking. Its content validity was confirmed by experts and its reliability by using Cronbach''s alpha coefficient is %86. For analyzing data، variance and t tests and Friedman were used. The results showed that the effectiveness of training based on web، computer and mobile learning on critical thinking and creative thinking skills of students has a significant impact. Also، effectiveness of web-based training، computer and mobile learning skills in critical thinking and creative thinking of students did not differ based on gender.