The Effect of Six Hats Thinking Technique on Problem Solving, Critical and Empathic Thinking in Nursing Students

Students' problem solving skills will be assessed using the Problem Solving Inventory. Total scores will be compared. The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 32, and the highest score is 192.

This scale was developed to provide information about motivation for a specific critical thinking task. The scale consists of 19 items, numbered on a Likert-type scale from 1 to 6. Participants are expected to respond by circling the appropriate option for each statement, ranging from 1 to 6 (1 = "Strongly Disagree" and 6 = "Strongly Agree"). These statements express the expectation that each participant will think critically and rigorously (expectation) and the value they place on this type of thinking (value). These statements also include the perceived importance and usefulness of detailed thinking, the sacrifices they will make for this type of thinking, and the interest it generates in them. The scale does not contain reverse items. To score the scale, each question is first assigned a value ranging from 1 to 6. The total score for each subscale is then calculated and divided by the number of items to obtain the mean score. This process is applied separately for the five subscale

The original scale consisted of 20 items and three dimensions, while the Turkish version contained 18 items. It was reported that items 5 and 18 in the Turkish version were removed by the researchers because they were found to have low factor loadings. The 18-item Turkish version, like the original, consists of three dimensions. The scale is assessed on a 7-point Likert-type scale ("1 = Strongly Disagree," "2 = Disagree," "3 = Partly Disagree," "4 = Neither Agree nor Disagree," "5 = Partly Agree," "6 = Agree," "7 = Strongly Agree"). Possible scores for the Turkish version range from 18 to 126. Higher scores indicate higher levels of empathy.