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current world needs people lot different abilities cognition application different ways thinking research problem solving critical thinking skills creativity addition critical thinking learning styles another key factor essential role process problem solving study aimed determine relationship learning styles critical thinking students academic performance alborz university medical science crosscorrelation study performed 2012 216 students alborz university selected randomly stratified random sampling data obtained via threepart questionnaire included demographic data kolb standardized questionnaire learning style california critical thinking standardized questionnaire academic performance students extracted school records validity instruments determined terms content validity reliability gained internal consistency methods cronbachs alpha coefficient found 078 california critical thinking questionnaire chi square test independent ttest one way anova pearson correlation test used determine relationship variables package spss14 statistical software used analyze data significant level p005 findings indicated significant difference mean score four learning style suggesting university students convergent learning style better performance groups also learning style relationship age gender field study semester job results critical thinking students showed mean deductive reasoning evaluation skills higher skills analytical skills lowest mean positive significant relationship students performance inferential skill total score critical thinking skills p005 furthermore evaluation skills deductive reasoning significant relationship hand mean total score critical thinking significant difference different learning styles results study showed learning styles critical thinking academic performance significantly associated one another considering growing importance critical thinking enhancing professional competence individuals recommended use teaching methods consistent learning style would effective context