Effect of Critical Thinking Disposition Program on Developing Reflective Thinking and Motivation to Learn Among Nursing Students (CTDP)

Study Title:

Effect of Critical Thinking Disposition Program on Developing Reflective Thinking and Motivation to Learn among Nursing Students

Study Description:

This study aims to investigate the effect of a Critical Thinking Disposition Program on nursing students' reflective thinking and motivation to learn. In the rapidly evolving healthcare environment, nurses must possess both critical thinking skills and disposition to make accurate clinical judgments and provide high-quality professional care. Many novice nurses lack critical thinking disposition, which can result in inaccurate clinical judgments and an inability to identify causes of problems.

The program will target nursing students to enhance their internal motivation to think critically, solve problems, evaluate ideas, and make informed decisions. The intervention focuses on developing cognitive strategies, attitudes, and behaviors that support self-motivated learning and professional competence. Outcomes will be measured by evaluating students' reflective thinking and motivation to learn before and after the program.

Primary Outcome Measures:

Improvement in reflective thinking scores

Increase in motivation to learn scores

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Development of critical thinking disposition attributes such as truth-seeking, open-mindedness, analyticity, inquisitiveness, self-confidence, and maturity

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Motivation; Nursing Students; Critical Thinking; Reflective
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Critical thinking disposition program

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 243
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Shimaa Ali Mohamed Elhaggar, MSN in Nursing Science; Phone Number: +20 10 28443650; Email: shimoo.haggar123@gmail.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Willing to participate and able to attend all program sessions.

No prior exposure to critical thinking training programs.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Students with learning difficulties or any limitations that prevent active participation in the program.

Students who miss more than 50% of the program sessions.

Students participating in external programs aimed at enhancing critical thinking during the study period.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: Educational Intervention Group; This group consists of nursing students who will participate in the Critical Thinking Disposition Program. The study included a single-arm group of 243 nursing students enrolled in the1st and 2nd year at [Technical Institute of Nursing / Mansoura University]. All participants were selected based on inclusion criteria of no prior exposure to critical thinking programs and willingness to participate

Other: Critical thinking disposition program; structured educational intervention designed to enhance reflective thinking skills and motivation to learn. The program includes multiple interactive sessions focusing on critical analysis, problem-solving, decision-making, and self-reflection activities. Students will engage in exercises that encourage them to evaluate clinical scenarios, reflect on their learning experiences, and apply critical thinking strategies in practical nursing situations. The aim is to measure the program's impact on students' reflective thinking ability, critical thinking disposition, and learning motivation compared to their baseline levels. All participants will follow the standard nursing curriculum in addition to the intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Reflective thinking	Improvement in reflective thinking among nursing students, measured using the [name of validated questionnaire], assessed before and after the interventi	Before and 2 months after critical thinking disposition program

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Motivation to Learn	Enhancement in students' learning motivation, evaluated using a validated motivation-to-learn scale	measured at baseline (pre-intervention) and immediately after completion of the program (post-intervention)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Mansoura University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): January 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 3, 2026
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 3, 2026
• First Posted (Estimated): January 12, 2026

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): January 12, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 3, 2026
• Last Verified: January 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: MU-FN-CTDP-2026

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No