Improvement of nursing students' critical thinking skills through problem-based learning in the People's Republic of China: A quasi-experimental study

A quasi‐experimental, two‐group pretest–post‐test design was conducted to examine the effect of problem‐based learning on the critical thinking skills of 46 Year 2 undergraduate nursing students in the People's Republic of China. The California Critical Thinking Skills Test Form A, Chinese‐Taiw...

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Published in:Nursing & health sciences 2008-03, Vol.10 (1), p.70-76
Main Authors: Yuan, Haobin, Kunaviktikul, Wipada, Klunklin, Areewan, Williams, Beverly A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
China
Cognitive style
College students
Critical thinking
critical thinking skills
Education, Nursing
Educational Measurement
Female
Humans
improvement
Lectures
Male
Models, Educational
Nursing
Nursing education
nursing student
Problem based learning
Problem Solving
Students, Nursing
Taiwan
Thinking
Undergraduate students
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Summary:A quasi‐experimental, two‐group pretest–post‐test design was conducted to examine the effect of problem‐based learning on the critical thinking skills of 46 Year 2 undergraduate nursing students in the People's Republic of China. The California Critical Thinking Skills Test Form A, Chinese‐Taiwanese version was used as both a pretest and as a post‐test for a semester‐long nursing course. There was no significant difference in critical thinking skills at pretest, whereas, significant differences in critical thinking skills existed between the problem‐based learning and lecture groups at post‐test. The problem‐based learning students had a significantly greater improvement on the overall California Critical Thinking Skills Test, analysis, and induction subscale scores compared with the lecture students. Problem‐based learning fostered nursing students' critical thinking skills.
ISSN:1441-0745
1442-2018
DOI:10.1111/j.1442-2018.2007.00373.x