Validity evidence for using a general critical thinking test to measure nursing students' critical thinking.

Autor: Stone CA; School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, USA., Davidson LJ, Evans JL, Hansen MA
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Holistic nursing practice [Holist Nurs Pract] 2001 Jul; Vol. 15 (4), pp. 65-74.
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-200107000-00010
Abstrakt: This study examined validity evidence for using a general test of critical-thinking skills and dispositions to measure nursing students' critical-thinking abilities. Content evidence indicated strong support for the theoretical framework underlying the test but less support for the way in which the critical-thinking constructs were specifically measured. Scores related to critical-thinking skills demonstrated significant but low correlations with grade point averages, were moderately correlated with SAT scores, and were uncorrelated with scores related to critical-thinking dispositions. The evidence suggests that nursing programs may need to reconsider how critical thinking should be measured and evaluated.
Databáze: MEDLINE