Pedagogical implications of approaches to study in distance learning: Developing models through qualitative and quantitative analysis

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1018-1028

  Carnwell, Ros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approaches to study; Grounded theory; Guidance and support; Logistic regression models; Nurse education; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; ODDS RATIO; TEACHING; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 0034181746     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01394.x     Document Type: Article

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