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Effect Of The Scientific Method Model Of Instruction In Diagnostic Medical Sonography Students, Debra Crandell
Effect Of The Scientific Method Model Of Instruction In Diagnostic Medical Sonography Students, Debra Crandell
CUP Ed.D. Dissertations
Critical thinking and reasoning are fundamental skills for a diagnostic medical sonographer. This quantitative quasi-experimental study examined whether teaching diagnostic medical sonography students the scientific method made a significant difference in the student's critical thinking and reasoning skills. Using the Health Science Reasoning Test (HSRT), two groups of students were selected to participate in the study, with a control and experimental group. The HSRT was used to determine if a significant difference in critical thinking and reasoning was discernable from pre-to-post testing between the control and experimental group of students. The data supported teaching the scientific method improved the scores …