Critical Thinking as an Educational Outcome
- 1 May 1996
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Nurse Educator
- Vol. 21 (3) , 23-32
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006223-199605000-00009
Abstract
Critical thinking, an outcome criterion of the National League for Nursing and the Council of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs, is an abstract skill difficult to measure. The authors provide a comprehensive review of four instruments designed to measure critical thinking and summarize research in which the tools were used. Analysis of this information will empower nursing faculty members to select a critical-thinking instrument that is individualized to the needs of their respective nursing programs.Keywords
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