Reliability of assessment of critical thinking

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-22

  Allen, George D ^a   Rubenfeld, Gaie ^b   Scheffer, Barbara K ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Critical thinking; Reliability; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; TEACHING; THINKING;

EID: 1842536869     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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