The cognitive style of nursing students: Educational implications for teaching and learning

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 245-253

  Noble, Kim A ^a,b   Miller, Susan M ^b,c   Heckman, James ^b  

^a Department of Nursing

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN AMERICANS; COGNITION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL, RETRAINING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 48249130037     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20080601-08     Document Type: Article

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