title: Development of students' critical thinking: the educators' ability to use questioning skills in the baccalaureate programmes in nursing in Pakistan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To enhance the Critical Thinking skills of educators associated with the nursing baccalaureate programmes in Pakistan. By focusing on the type and level of questions asked by the educators.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-one faculty members from 14 out of 17 schools participated in the study. Data on the faculty's questioning skills was obtained through classroom observations and field notes. The duration of the observations was 45-60 minutes. Using Bloom's Taxonomy for cognitive thinking, questions were categorised into high and low categories.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most of the questions (68.9 %) asked by the participants were of lower levels, while some (5.37 %) were ambiguous. In many instances, the participants did not allow a sufficient wait-time for students to think and respond.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings suggest that educators must learn to use the questioning strategy effectively. They should ask higher level questions if they wish to inculcate Critical Thinking in students.
authors: School of Nursing, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors: Tanveer
authors: T
authors: Saeed
authors: Shehla
authors: S
authors: Khan
authors: Azra
authors: A
authors: Ahmed
authors: Raisa
authors: R
authors: Gul
authors: Shanaz
authors: S
authors: Cassum
authors: Yasmin
authors: Y
authors: Parpio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019370:Observation; D010154:Pakistan; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013850:Thinking