Relationships among Bilingualism, critical thinking ability, and critical thinking disposition

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 220-229

  Albert, Raymond T ^a   Albert, Rachel E ^a   Radsma, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baccalaureate; Bilingualism; Critical thinking; Critical thinking disposition; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

EID: 0036659394     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpnu.2002.127015     Document Type: Article

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