title: Developing critical thinking with active learning strategies.
abstract: The development of students' critical thinking abilities is one of the greatest challenges facing contemporary nurse educators, especially those teaching graduate nursing students. Active learning techniques are suggested to promote critical thinking development. The authors describe how active learning strategies nurtured critical thinking processes in a group of adult nurse practitioner students.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, La Salle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. youngblood@lasalle.edu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Youngblood
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Beitz
mesh_terms: D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D013850:Thinking; D014481:United States