@article{Syhalath_Nantsupawat_Thungjaroenkul_2022, place={Chanthaburi, Thailand}, title={Learning Styles and Critical Thinking of Students in Nursing Diploma Program, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic}, volume={33}, url={https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/pnc/article/view/255011}, abstractNote={<p>This descriptive correlational research aimed to study learning styles, critical thinking, and the relationship between learning styles and critical thinking of nursing students. The samples consisted of 241 students in Nursing Diploma Program, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. The research instruments included a demographic data questionnaire, a learning style questionnaire with reliability as .85, and a critical thinking questionnaire with reliability as .88. Data were collected in May, 2020. Statistics used for data analysis included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Spearman rank correlation.</p> <p>The research results revealed that 1) most of nursing students had a collaborative learning style (40.25%); 2) the total mean score of critical thinking of nursing students was at a moderate level (<em>M</em> = 40.88, <em>SD</em> = 11.65); and 3) collaborative, participatory, and independent learning styles were positively statistically significantly related to total critical thinking of nursing students (r<sub>s</sub> = .135, <em>p </em>< .05; r<sub>s</sub> = .171, <em>p</em> < .01; and r<sub>s</sub> = .179, <em>p</em> < .01, respectively).</p> <p>This research suggests that nursing instructors should encourage nursing students to have the collaborative, participatory, or independent learning style in order to enhance their critical thinking.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Phrapokklao Nursing College, Chanthaburi}, author={Syhalath, Eungkham and Nantsupawat, Apiradee and Thungjaroenkul, Petsunee}, year={2022}, month={Jun.}, pages={123–135} }