The California critical thinking instruments for benchmarking, program assessment, and directing curricular change

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Phillips, Charles R ^a,b   Chesnut, Renae J ^a   Rospond, Raylene M ^a  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Drake Coll of Pharm and Hlth Sci   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST); California Critical Thinking Skills Test Disposition Index (CCTDI); Critical thinking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; THINKING;

EID: 14844333569     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj6804101     Document Type: Article

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