Critical thinking in nursing students from two Brazilian regions

• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho,Diana Paula de Souza Rego Pinto
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Vitor,Allyne Fortes, Cogo,Ana Luísa Petersen, Bittencourt,Greicy Kelly Gouveia Dias, Santos,Viviane Euzébia Pereira, Ferreira Júnior,Marcos Antonio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672020000100155
• topic: Thinking; Nursing; Learning; Educational Technology; Health Care to Prolong Life

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.