Thematic analysis of written assignment feedback: Implications for nurse education

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 753-757

  Parboteeah, Sam ^a   Anwar, Mohamed ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SAAD Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Equity theory; Feedback; Learning; Nurse education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PERCEPTION; TEACHING; WRITING; PROCEDURES;

EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACULTY, NURSING; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING; WRITING;

EID: 69249230993     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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