Validity Evidence for Using a General Critical Thinking Test To Measure Nursing Students' Critical Thinking

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 65-74

  Stone, Clement A ^a   Davidson, Lynda J ^a   Evans, Joy L ^a   Hansen, Mary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Nursing education; Validity evidence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035401231     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-200107000-00010     Document Type: Article

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