title: Using structured academic controversy with nursing students.
abstract: Nurse educators use a variety of strategies to foster critical thinking in undergraduate and graduate students. Structured academic controversy, although used by other disciplines, offers a novel approach for nurse educators. The author describes structured academic controversy and its use in a graduate course in gerontological nursing. The article also presents a rubric developed to grade the structured academic controversy assignment.
authors.affiliation: Marquette University, College of Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-1881, USA. margaret.bull@marquette.edu
authors.forename: Margaret J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bull
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007697:Kinesics; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011340:Problem Solving; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013850:Thinking; D014705:Verbal Behavior