title: [Development of critical thinking skill evaluation scale for nursing students].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop a Critical Thinking Skill Test for Nursing Students.
  
  
  METHODS
  The construct concepts were drawn from a literature review and in-depth interviews with hospital nurses and surveys were conducted among students (n=607) from nursing colleges. The data were collected from September 13 to November 23, 2012 and analyzed using the SAS program, 9.2 version. The KR 20 coefficient for reliability, difficulty index, discrimination index, item-total correlation and known group technique for validity were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four domains and 27 skills were identified and 35 multiple choice items were developed. Thirty multiple choice items which had scores higher than .80 on the content validity index were selected for the pre test. From the analysis of the pre test data, a modified 30 items were selected for the main test. In the main test, the KR 20 coefficient was .70 and Corrected Item-Total Correlations range was .11-.38. There was a statistically significant difference between two academic systems (p=.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The developed instrument is the first critical thinking skill test reflecting nursing perspectives in hospital settings and is expected to be utilized as a tool which contributes to improvement of the critical thinking ability of nursing students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Bucheon University, Bucheon, Korea.
authors.forename: So Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: You
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. kncpjo@catholic.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Nam Cho
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D016730:Program Development; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013850:Thinking; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Critical thinking; Nursing education; Nursing student