A critical thinking module produced significantly higher post-test achievement in health education than control among Malaysian nursing students¶

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Currency · newest study 2010 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? ANCOVA on post-test scores with pre-test as covariate showed a significant difference between the experiment and control groups favouring the experiment group. → Abdullah et al. 2010

Evidence¶

Abdullah et al. 2010¶

Abdul Ghani Kanesan Abdullah, Naser Jamil Alzaidiyeen, Ng Mooi Yee. (2010). The Practices of Critical Thinking Component and Its Impact in Malaysian Nurses Health Education. International Education Studies, 3(1). https://journals.ccsenet.org/index.php/ies

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Quasi-experiment with 84 year-2 nursing students (42 per group) in a private medical college in Northern Peninsular Malaysia; the experiment group received a critical thinking module. ANCOVA with pre-test as covariate showed "a significant difference between the experiment and control groups on the post-test scores".

"The results shows that there is a significant difference between the experiment and control groups on the post-test scores (F (1`,83) = 10.499, p <.05)."

Discussion¶

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