The impact of an educational intervention on nursing students' critical thinking skills: A quasi-experimental study

2020 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 104305 ◽  
Author(s):  
María López ◽  
José María Jiménez ◽  
Belén Martín-Gil ◽  
Mercedes Fernández-Castro ◽  
María José Cao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Teaching strategies and outcome assessments targeting critical thinking in bachelor nursing students: a scoping review protocol

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. e033214
Author(s):  
Frida Westerdahl ◽  
Elisabeth Carlson ◽  
Anne Wennick ◽  
Gunilla Borglin
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Ethical Review ◽  
Sensitive Information ◽  
Design Data ◽  
The Impact

IntroductionApplying critical thinking is essential for nursing students both in an academic and clinical context. Particularly, as critical thinking is a vital part of nurses’ everyday problem-solving and decision-making processes. Therefore, regardless of the topic taught or the setting in which it is taught, it requires teaching strategies especially targeting students’ critical thinking skills and abilities. One challenge with the latter is the difficulties to assess and evaluate the impact of such teaching strategies on the students’ critical thinking disposition. Hence, our objective will be to review published literature on; existing teaching strategies and outcomes assessments targeting nursing students’ critical thinking skills and abilities.Methods and analysisOur scoping review will be conducted in accordance with Arksey and O’Malley’s framework for scoping studies. Search strategies will be developed in cooperation with an experienced librarian, and adjusted to each individual database for example, CINAHL, PubMed, PsycINFO, ERIC and ERC. A preliminary search in CINAHL was conducted on the 17thof July 2019. Peer-reviewed published studies conducted with a qualitative, quantitative or mixed method design and focussing our objectives, will be eligible for inclusion. Included studies will be quality assessed in accordance with their study design. Data will be charted using a standardised extraction form. The qualitative data will be presented through a thematic analyses, and the quantitative data by descriptive numerical analysis. Lastly, nurse educators and nursing students will be consulted for validation of the findings from the scoping review.Ethics and disseminationUnder the Swedish Ethical Review Act (2003:460) this study does not need ethical clearance by a Regional Ethical Review Authority as it not includes any primary empirical data on biological material or sensitive information. The findings will be used to inform the design of a future study aiming to develop an, and subsequently evaluate it, educational intervention targeting teaching strategies focussing on nursing students’ critical thinking skills and abilities.

scholarly journals PENGARUH TUTOR SEBAYA DALAM PEMBELAJARAN PROBLEM BASED LEARNING TERHADAP KETERAMPILAN BERPIKIR KRITIS FISIKA SISWA SMA

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Evi Durotun Nasihah ◽  
Supeno Supeno ◽  
Albertus Djoko Lesmono
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Peer Tutoring ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Collaborative Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact

The application of problem based learning in the classroom often experiences obstacles, primarily to teach high-level thinking skills, such as critical thinking skills. To overcome these obstacles, in this study we tried the use of peer tutors to guide their friends in a collaborative group when solving problems. This study aims to describe the impact of peer tutoring in problem-based learning on the critical thinking skills of high school physics students. This type of research is a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest control group design. The sample of this research is class X MIPA 3 and X MIPA 4 SMAN 4 Jember. One class was given treatment using problem-based learning accompanied by peer tutoring, while one other class only used problem-based learning. Data about critical thinking skills were obtained from the posttest at the end of learning which was then analyzed using the Independent Sample T-test on SPSS 23. The statistical test results stated that there were differences between the average values of the experimental class and the control class. Thus, it is concluded that peer tutoring in the problem-based learning model has a significant effect on critical thinking skills. The essential aspect of thinking skills with the highest value lies in interpreting skills.

scholarly journals KEEFEKTIFAN COOPERATIVE LEARNING STAD DAN GI DITINJAU DARI KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR KRITIS DAN KOMUNIKASI MATEMATIS

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 273
Author(s):  
Sapitri Sapitri ◽  
Hartono Hartono
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Effective Model ◽  
Mathematical Communication ◽  
Group Design ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan: (1) keefektifan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe STAD dan GI, dan (2) manakah yang lebih efektif antara kedua metode tersebut ditinjau dari kemampuan berpikir kritis dan komunikasi matematis siswa. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian eksperimen semu dengan rancangan pretest-posttest nonequivalent group design. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pembelajaran kooperatif tipe STAD dan GI keduanya efektif. Tidak terdapat perbedaan keefektifan diantara keduanya  ditinjau dari kemampuan berpikir kritis dan kemampuan komunikasi matematis siswa pada pembelajaran himpunan di kelas VII. Kata Kunci: STAD, GI, berpikir kritis, komunikasi matematis.  THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COOPERATIVE LEARNING STAD AND GI IN TERMS OF CRITICAL THINKING AND MATHEMATICAL COMMUNICATION Abstract This study aims to describe: (1) the effectiveness of cooperative learning model of STAD type and GI, and (2) the more effective model between the two in terms of critical thinking skills and students' mathematical communication. This study is a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest nonequivalent group design. The results show that cooperative learning of STAD type and GI approach are effective. There is no difference between them in terms of the effectiveness of critical thinking skills and the students’ mathematical communication skills  in the teaching of the material on sets to class VII. Keywords: STAD, GI, critical thinking, mathematical communication

scholarly journals Critical thinking in nursing students from two Brazilian regions

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Paula de Souza Rego Pinto Carvalho ◽  
Allyne Fortes Vitor ◽  
Ana Luísa Petersen Cogo ◽  
Greicy Kelly Gouveia Dias Bittencourt ◽  
Viviane Euzébia Pereira Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Concept Maps ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Creation

ABSTRACT 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.

scholarly journals Effect of Concept Mapping Education on Critical Thinking Skills of Medical Students: A Quasi-experimental Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aslami Maryam ◽  
Dehghani Mohammadreza ◽  
Shakurnia Abdolhussein ◽  
Ramezani Ghobad ◽  
Kojuri Javad
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Concept Mapping ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Quasi Experimental

BACKGROUND፡ Fostering critical thinking (CT) is one of the most important missions in medical education. Concept mapping is a method used to plan and create medical care through a diagrammatic representation of patient problems and medical interventions. Concept mapping as a general method can be used to improve CT skills in medical students. The aim of this study was to explore the effect of concept mapping on CT skills of medical students.METHODS: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 100 second-year medical students which take an anatomy course. Participants were randomly assigned into a control group (lecture-based) and an intervention group (concept mapping). CT levels of medical students were assessed using the California Critical Thinking Skills Test. Data were analyzed using independent sample t-test.RESULTS: Before intervention, CT scores of the intervention and control groups were 6.68 ± 2.55 and 6.64±2.74, respectively, and after intervention, they were 11.64±2.29 and 10.04 ± 3.11, respectively. Comparison of mean score differences for both groups before and after intervention demonstrated that CT scores in the experimental group significantly increased after intervention (P=0.021).CONCLUSIONS: Medical students who were taught through concept mapping showed an increase in CT scores, compared with those in the control group. Medical students require effective CT skills in order to make sound knowledge-based assessment and treatment choices during patient care. Therefore, instructors and planners of medical education are expected to apply this educational strategy for developing CT skills in medical students.

scholarly journals Using Project-Based Learning in Improving Students' Critical Thinking Skills to Separate of Mixtures

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-88
Author(s):  
Nurul Insani ◽  
Noor Fadiawati ◽  
Ratu Betta Rudibyani ◽  
M. Mahfudz Fauzi Syamsuri
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Effect Size ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Group Design ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Nowadays the development of thinking skills has become the main focus in educational research. Standard of graduate competency mandate that graduates of schools to universities in Indonesia must have thinking skills.  Related to this, the goal of this quasi-experimental study was to describe the effectivity of Project-Based Learning (PjBL) student worksheets to improve students' critical thinking skills (CTS) in the topic of mixtures separation. This study was carried out in the SMPN 1 Pugung by using the Non-Equivalent (Pretest-Posttest) Control Group Design. The effectivity of PjBL student worksheets measured based on the n-gain and the effect size values. Statistically, the n-gain value of the experimental class was higher than the control class. The effect size value was in medium categorized.  These results indicated that the PjBL student worksheets were effective to improve students' CTS in the topic of mixtures separation. Keywords: student worksheets, project-based learning, critical thinking skills, mixtures separation

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