TY - JOUR
T1 - A conceptual framework for developing a critical thinking self-assessment scale
AU - Nair, Girija G.
AU - Stamler, Lynnette Leeseberg
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - Nurses must be talented critical thinkers to cope with the challenges related to the ever-changing health care system, population trends, and extended role expectations. Several countries now recognize critical thinking skills (CTS) as an expected outcome of nursing education programs. Critical thinking has been defined in multiple ways by philosophers, critical thinking experts, and educators. Nursing experts conceptualize critical thinking as a process involving cognitive and affective domains of reasoning. Nurse educators are often challenged with teaching and measuring CTS because of their latent nature and the lack of a uniform definition of the concept. In this review of the critical thinking literature, we examine various definitions, identify a set of constructs that define critical thinking, and suggest a conceptual framework on which to base a self-assessment scale for measuring CTS.
AB - Nurses must be talented critical thinkers to cope with the challenges related to the ever-changing health care system, population trends, and extended role expectations. Several countries now recognize critical thinking skills (CTS) as an expected outcome of nursing education programs. Critical thinking has been defined in multiple ways by philosophers, critical thinking experts, and educators. Nursing experts conceptualize critical thinking as a process involving cognitive and affective domains of reasoning. Nurse educators are often challenged with teaching and measuring CTS because of their latent nature and the lack of a uniform definition of the concept. In this review of the critical thinking literature, we examine various definitions, identify a set of constructs that define critical thinking, and suggest a conceptual framework on which to base a self-assessment scale for measuring CTS.
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U2 - 10.3928/01484834-20120215-01
DO - 10.3928/01484834-20120215-01
M3 - Article
C2 - 23402245
AN - SCOPUS:84874706204
SN - 0148-4834
VL - 52
SP - 131
EP - 138
JO - Journal of Nursing Education
JF - Journal of Nursing Education
IS - 3
ER -