Goal orientation and its relationship to academic success in a laptop-based BScN program

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Goldsworthy, Sandra J ^a   Goodman, Bill ^a   Muirhead, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

BScN program; Goal orientation; Student success; Technology

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MOTIVATION; NURSING EDUCATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; TEACHING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EVALUATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROCOMPUTER;

ADULT; COMPUTER LITERACY; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; GOALS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MICROCOMPUTERS; MOTIVATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33745963564     PISSN: 1548923X     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1132     Document Type: Article

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