Critical thinking in nursing students from two Brazilian regions.

Autor:	Carvalho DPSRP; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Vitor AF; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Cogo ALP; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil., Bittencourt GKGD; Universidade Federal da Paraíba. João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil., Santos VEP; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Ferreira Júnior MA; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Jazyk:	English; Portuguese
Zdroj:	Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2020 Feb 10; Vol. 73 (1), pp. e20170742. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Feb 10 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI:	10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0742
Abstrakt:	Objective: To analyze the overall critical thinking and the development of each of the cognitive skills or attributes that compose it in students of the undergraduate program in nursing through the creation of concept maps in two Brazilian teaching institutions. Method: Before-and-after experimental study, randomized, performed in two universities of two Brazilian regions, with a sample of 21 subjects at the A school and 56 at the B school. Data were collected through sociodemographic questionnaire and the California Critical Thinking Skills Test. Intervention consisted in the creation of four concept maps. Results: Scores measured for overall critical thinking do not differed between the groups of both schools; however, positive aspects among them were found for skills of evaluation, induction, and inference. Conclusion: We perceived validity as a facilitating teaching strategy of the use of concept maps in several aspects.
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