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Assessing dynamic mental models: unfolding case studies.

Jo Azzarello1, D Elaine Wood

  • 1College of Nursing, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK 73117, USA. jo-azzarello@ouhsc.edu

Nurse Educator
|April 8, 2006
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Developing strong critical thinking involves understanding client care through situational mental models. Unfolding case studies effectively reveal students

Area of Science:

  • Nursing Education
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Critical thinking is essential for effective client care.
  • Situational mental models integrate knowledge of client conditions and care principles.
  • Evaluating students' dynamic mental models is crucial for assessing critical thinking.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe unfolding case studies as a strategy for eliciting and evaluating students' situational mental models.
  • To highlight the utility of unfolding cases in capturing the dynamic nature of mental models.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized unfolding case studies to simulate dynamic client care scenarios.
  • Focused on eliciting and evaluating changes in students' situational mental models throughout the cases.

Main Results:

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  • Unfolding case studies effectively captured the dynamic nature of students' situational mental models.
  • This method revealed significant errors in students' problem-solving cognitions that were not otherwise apparent.

Conclusions:

  • Unfolding case studies provide a practical approach to assessing critical thinking development.
  • The strategy is valuable for identifying and addressing cognitive errors in student learning.