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Assessing the CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS of Faculty:

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dc.contributor.author Zygmont, Dolores M.
dc.contributor.author Schaefer, Karen Moore
dc.date.accessioned 2020-12-07T21:22:15Z
dc.date.available 2020-12-07T21:22:15Z
dc.date.issued 2006
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/169
dc.description data, tables, ; 10 p. (includes bibliographical data) en_US
dc.description.abstract The purpose of this study was twofold: to determine the critical thinking skills of nurse faculty and to examine the relationship between epistemological position and critical thinking. Most participants reported having no education on critical thinking. Data were collected using the California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST) and the Learning Environment Preferences (LEP). Findings from the CCTST indicated that faculty varied considerably in their ability to think critically; LEP findings suggested that participants had not reached the intellectual level needed for critical thinking. In addition, 12 faculty participated in one-hour telephone interviews in which they described experiences in which students demonstrated critical thinking. Despite a lack of clarity on the definition of critical thinking, faculty described clinical examples where students engaged in analysis, inference, and evaluation. Based on these findings, it is recommended that faculty transfer their ability to engage students in critical thinking in the clinical setting to the classroom setting. Benchmarks can be established based on the ability of faculty to engage in critical thinking. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Nursing Education Perspective en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Nursing Education Perspectives;September / October 2006 Vol . 27 No.5
dc.subject California Critical Thinking Skills Test en_US
dc.subject Faculty Performance of Critical Thinking en_US
dc.subject Critical Thinking en_US
dc.title Assessing the CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS of Faculty: en_US
dc.title.alternative What Do the Findings Mean for Nursing Education? en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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