$string[attlsintro]="The purpose of this questionnaire is to help us evaluate your attitudes towards thinking and learning.
Thereareno'right'or'wrong'answers;weareinterestedonlyinyouropinion.Pleasebeassuredthatyourresponseswillbetreatedwithahighdegreeofconfidentiality,andwillnotaffectyourassessment.";$string[attls1] = "Inevaluatingwhatsomeonesays,Ifocusonthequalityoftheirargument,notonthepersonwho's presenting it.";$string[attls1short] = "focus quality of argument";$string[attls2] = "I like playing devil'sadvocate-arguingtheoppositeofwhatsomeoneissaying.";$string[attls2short] = "playdevil's advocate";$string[attls3] = "I like to understand where other people are 'comingfrom', what experiences have led them to feel the way they do.";$string[attls3short] = "where people come from";$string[attls4] = "The most important part of my education has been learning to understand people who are very different to me.";$string[attls4short] = "understand different people";$string[attls5] = "I feel that the best way for me to achieve my own identity is to interact with a variety of other people.";$string[attls5short] = "interact with variety";$string[attls6] = "I enjoy hearing the opinions of people who come from backgrounds different to mine - it helps me to understand how the same things can be seen in such different ways.";$string[attls6short] = "enjoy hearing opinions";$string[attls7] = "I find that I can strengthen my own position through arguing with someone who disagrees with me.";$string[attls7short] = "strengthen by argue";$string[attls8] = "I am always interested in knowing why people say and believe the things they do.";$string[attls8short] = "know why people do";$string[attls9] = "I often find myself arguing with the authors of books that I read, trying to logically figure out why they'rewrong.";$string[attls9short] = "arguewithauthors";$string[attls10] = "It's important for me to remain as objective as possible when I analyze something.";$string[attls10short] = "remain objective";$string[attls11] = "I try to think with people instead of against them.";$string[attls11short] = "think WITH people";$string[attls12] = "I have certain criteria I use in evaluating arguments.";$string[attls12short] = "use criteria to evaluate";$string[attls13] = "I'mmorelikelytotrytounderstandsomeoneelse's opinion that to try to evaluate it.";$string[attls13short] = "try to understand";$string[attls14] = "I try to point out weaknesses in other people'sthinkingtohelpthemclarifytheirarguments.";$string[attls14short] = "pointoutweaknesses";$string[attls15] = "Itendtoputmyselfinotherpeople's shoes when discussing controversial issues, to see why they think the way they do.";$string[attls15short] = "put myself in their shoes";$string[attls16] = "One could call my way of analysing things 'puttingthemontrial' because I am careful to consider all the evidence.";$string[attls16short] = "putting on trial";$string[attls17] = "I value the use of logic and reason over the incorporation of my own concerns when solving problems.";$string[attls17short] = "i value logic most";$string[attls18] = "I can obtain insight into opinions that differ from mine through empathy.";$string[attls18short] = "insight from empathy";$string[attls19] = "When I encounter people whose opinions seem alien to me, I make a deliberate effort to 'extend' myself into that person, to try to see how they could have those opinions.";$string[attls19short] = "make effort to extend";$string[attls20] = "I spend time figuring out what's'wrong'withthings.Forexample,I'll look for something in a literary interpretation that isn'targuedwellenough.";$string[attls20short] = "what'swrong?";$string[attlsmintro] = "Indiscussion...";$string[attlsm1] = "AttitudesTowardsThinkingandLearning";$string[attlsm2] = "ConnectedLearning";$string[attlsm3] = "SeparateLearning";$string[clicktocontinue] = "Clickheretocontinue";$string[clicktocontinuecheck] = "Clickheretocheckandcontinue";$string[colles1] = "mylearningfocusesonissuesthatinterestme.";$string[colles1short] = "focusoninterestingissues";$string[colles2] =
