The Effect of Constructivist Instructional Strategies onCritical Thinking Abilities of Nursing Students
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The purpose of this research was to compare the critical thinking abilities of nursing students before and after using constructivist instructional strategies. The samples were 30 third-year nursing students at Suranaree University of Technology selected by using single group pre-and posttests. The data collection instruments were mind mapping demographic records and critical thinking test. The research instrument was constructivist instructional strategies. Data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test. The findings revealed that students’critical thinking score after learning from the instructional model was higher at a statistically significant level of 0.01
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