The purpose of this study was to assess the merit of the Watson -Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal as a pre-admission criterion in conjunction with the frequently utilized admission criteria of the college prerequisite grade point average and the National League of Nursing preadmission test. Data were collected from 192 first-year nursing students. A discriminant analysis was computed to deter...

Critical thinking comprises the mental processes, strategies, and representations people use to solve problems, make decisions, and learn new concepts. The study of critical thinking combines the educational, philosophical, and psychological traditions of thought. R. Ennis offers a philosophical taxonomy suggesting that critical thinking results from the interaction of a set of dispositions tow...

The study aimed to investigate whether there was a relationship between Iranian EFL learners'critical thinking (CT) and ability to recall vocabulary. Also, the relationship between gender andrecall was investigated. In so doing, 128 upper-intermediate language learners were selected fromIslamic Azad University based on convenience sampling. After homogenizing the participants ongeneral language...

This article, first, examined the role of EFL university students' critical thinking (CT) in their self-efficacy beliefs. Second, the role of gender as a moderating factor in the relationship between students' CT and self-efficacy beliefs was investigated. Third, the difference between females and males regarding their CT and efficacy beliefs was studied. To attain the goals of the research, 86...

this article, first, examined the role of efl university students' critical thinking (ct) in their self-efficacy beliefs. second, the role of gender as a moderating factor in the relationship between students' ct and self-efficacy beliefs was investigated. third, the difference between females and males regarding their ct and efficacy beliefs was studied. to attain the goals of the research, 86...

BACKGROUND Critical thinking is an important characteristic to develop in respiratory care students. METHODS We used the short-form Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal instrument to measure critical-thinking ability in 55 senior respiratory care students in a baccalaureate respiratory care program. We calculated the Pearson correlation coefficient to assess the relationships between cri...

A COMPARISON OF CRITICAL THINKING ABILITY AND CLINICAL JUDGEMENT SKILLS IN ASSOCIATE AND BACCALAUREATE SENIOR NURSING STUDENTS By Debra L. Sietsema The purpose of this descriptive, correlational study was to compare the critical thinking and clinical judgement skills of senior nursing students at two educational levels. A convenience sample of 34 students in the Midwest was obtained during the ...

Despite the saliency of raising critical thinking not only in ELT but also in other aspects of life, there is still lack of studies in this regard that need to be filled. Previous studies dealt with Faiclough’s model not that of van Dijk, and besides, they weren’t concerned about CDA effects on different proficiency levels. The present study, however, examined the impact of critical discourse a...