CRITICAL THINKING DISPOSITIONS AMONG STUDENT OF MOSUL'S NURSING COLLEGE

Abstract

Background: The aim of the study was to measure critical thinking dispositions among nursing student at college of Nursing, University of Mosul, Republic oflraq, and to determine relationship between student's gender and academic level with critical thinking dispositions.

Methods: A cross sectional design was applied in the present study which was conducted at the College of Nursing, University of Mosul, Iraq. The subjects of this study consisted of 50% of the total number of students of each academic level comprising (300) students. The data were collected between January and March 2014 using the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory.

Results: The mean age of the Mosul Nursing Students were (28.2) years. The mean value of the total CCTDI score was 287, showing a positive inclination towards critical thinking. Four of the seven subscale mean scores were above 40, the recommended cut-off score, also showing a positive inclination.

Recommendation: Based on the findings of the present study, it is recommended that Nurse Educators should be stimulated to use student-active learning models and be alert of the correlation between teaching strategies and critical thinking.