Critical thinking and learning styles of nursing students at the Baccalaureate nursing program in Korea

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-109

  An, Gyeong Ju ^a   Yoo, Myung Sook ^a  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Korea; Learning styles; Nursing; Student

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953330745     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.673.29.1.100     Document Type: Article

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