J Korean Acad Nurs.  2014 Apr;44(2):129-138. 10.4040/jkan.2014.44.2.129.

Development of Critical Thinking Skill Evaluation Scale for Nursing Students

• You SY
• Kim NC

• KMID: 1791843
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2014.44.2.129

Abstract

PURPOSE
To develop a Critical Thinking Skill Test for Nursing Students.
METHODS
The construct concepts were drawn from a literature review and in-depth interviews with hospital nurses and surveys were conducted among students (n=607) from nursing colleges. The data were collected from September 13 to November 23, 2012 and analyzed using the SAS program, 9.2 version. The KR 20 coefficient for reliability, difficulty index, discrimination index, item-total correlation and known group technique for validity were performed.
RESULTS
Four domains and 27 skills were identified and 35 multiple choice items were developed. Thirty multiple choice items which had scores higher than .80 on the content validity index were selected for the pre test. From the analysis of the pre test data, a modified 30 items were selected for the main test. In the main test, the KR 20 coefficient was .70 and Corrected Item-Total Correlations range was .11-.38. There was a statistically significant difference between two academic systems (p=.001).
CONCLUSION
The developed instrument is the first critical thinking skill test reflecting nursing perspectives in hospital settings and is expected to be utilized as a tool which contributes to improvement of the critical thinking ability of nursing students.

Keyword

Critical thinking; Nursing student; Nursing education

MeSH Terms

Education, Nursing/*methods
Female
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Male
*Program Development
Questionnaires
Students, Nursing/*psychology
*Thinking
Young Adult

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  Figure 1 Tool development procedure.

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