Engaging millennial learners: Effectiveness of personal response system technology with nursing students in small and large classrooms

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 272-275

  Hunter Revell, Susan M ^a   McCurry, Mary K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LICENSING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TEACHING;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, NURSING; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LICENSURE, NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RADIO WAVES; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952394649     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20091217-07     Document Type: Article

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