Promoting cognitive and metacognitive reflective reasoning skills in nursing practice: Self-regulated learning theory

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 381-391

  Kuiper, Ruth Anne ^a   Pesut, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical reasoning; Cognition; Critical thinking; Metacognition; Nurse education; Reflection; Self regulation; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEARNING; LIBRARY; NURSING EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCINFO; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SKILL; SOCIOLOGY; THEORY;

EID: 1342300769     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02921.x     Document Type: Review

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