Impact of Practising on Development of Critical Thinking

In the present day people are surrounded with a lot of  information and different ways of receiving this information. Today at the same moment the information is spread, it becomes available on the other corner of the world. Because of these reasons the educational system in many countries of the world has changed. One of the skills that can help young people to select numerous information is their critical thinking ability. In this paper the impact of exercise on development of critical thinking has been researched. This research was conducted by the experimental method. The research sample consisted of 50 subjects in the experimental group and 50 subjects in the control group. The exercise of critical thinking is done through three techniques for the development of critical thinking such as: diagram of the main question, the scale of arguments and interpretation of academic language. For the measurement of critical thinking is used the test WGCTA (Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal). The results obtained show that the experimental factor affects the development of critical thinking, which means exercising critical thinking contributes to the development of this ability. The conducted survey should help in creating a program with practical exercises that will help future teachers to influence the development of critical thinking of their students. Key words: critical thinking, development, impact

Lifestyle as a factor in longevity in the Pollog region

At least once a lifetime, everyone asks himself or the others whether he wants to live long or have a healthy and happy life? A difficult question to respond but the ever increasing efforts of scientists to extend longevity are increasingly evident. The number of people who live long has changed over time. There are different reasons on what longevity may depend on, such as: genetics, lifestyle where nutrition, physical work, different diseases etc. take part. The question of the study is: Which factors of lifestyle contribute to longevity in the Pollog valley? In this study lifestyle (nutrition, physical work, diseases, parents’ longevity, leisure, sleeping habits) and the type of personality are examined. The research included 30 subjects aged over 75 which compels the sample to be intentional, of which 15 subjects were male and 15 female. The semi-structured interview and A – B personality test is used to collect data. The results show that the subjects feed mostly on milk products (87%), fruit & vegetables (80%), corn products (80%) and cereals (70%), have one parent who lived long (83%), have not had much free time when they have been young, have worked physically (93%), have regular sleeping habits and 77% of them are type B of personality. From the results we can conclude that factors such as: food, work, genetics, sleeping habits and the type of personality contribute to longevity. Keywords: longevity, lifestyle, type of personality. DOI: 10.7176/ISDE/12-6-06 Publication date:December 31st 2022

Family cohesion as important factor for attitudes towards psychoactive drugs in adolescence

Adolescence is a fragile period in which the person passes from the childhood to the adulthood. During this period the adolescent passes through different challenges. Adolescent has to deal with physical, physiological, emotional, cognitive, social and other changes, and during his journey family as a social factor has the most important part, because with their support they help the adolescent to overcome all the difficulties on his way. Because of the function and the importance that family has over the adolescent, in this research we have measured the correlation between family cohesion and the attitudes towards psychoactive drugs, because as we know adolescents are usually more likely to use psychoactive drugs. The research has been applied to 116 subjects, whose age is between 17 and 18 years old. As a measure instruments for the research are used Kobi test for family cohesion, and a questionnaire that measures the attitudes towards psychoactive drugs. The obtained results has shown that exists a negative correlation between family cohesion and positive attitudes towards psychoactive drugs, which means that the adolescents that have high family cohesion, don’t have positive attitudes towards psychoactive drugs