Nursing profession students have multiple challenges that stimulate them to use different learning styles and acquire more skills as problem solving, decision making, critical thinking and goal attainment. The aim of the study was to investigate the learning style preferences and critical thinking disposition as a predictor of student goal attainment. Design: was a cross sectional correlational design. Setting was Faculty of Nursing at Benha University and Minia University. Subjects: systematic random sample of 30% of total number of students during academic year 2020/2021 (sample size=1415). Tools: Three tools were used to collect data for this current study including I- learning styles preferences questionnaire, II-California critical thinking dispositions inventory scale and III- Goal attainment scale. Results: all students of both Faculties of Nursing (Benha and Minia Universities) scored high score for multi-modal learning style, and high score for critical thinking dispositions, as well high level of goal attainment. Conclusion: there were positive correlations between learning styles, critical thinking dispositions, as well goal attainment among nursing students at both study setting. Recommendations: Students should be encouraged to determine their learning style to help them be more critical thinker and have goal attainment skill |
