Collaborative testing: Assessing teamwork and critical thinking behaviors in baccalaureate nursing students

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 279-282

  Wiggs, Carol M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Baccalaureate; Collaborative testing; Critical thinking; Nursing education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE;

COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, NURSING; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 79952489972     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.10.027     Document Type: Article

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