Problem-based learning (PBL): Assessing students' learning preferences using vark

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 572-579

  Alkhasawneh, Israa M ^a   Mrayyan, Majd T ^a   Docherty, Charles ^b   Alashram, Safaa ^a   Yousef, Hamzeh Y ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jordan; Learning preferences; Nursing students; PBL; Teaching; VARK

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JORDAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NOMENCLATURE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABBREVIATIONS AS TOPIC; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 43849110885     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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