Development and preliminary testing of a self-rating instrument to measure self-directed learning ability of nursing students

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1152-1158

  Cheng, Su Fen ^a   Kuo, Chien Lin ^b   Lin, Kuan Chia ^a   Lee Hsieh, Jane ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Delphi study; Instrument development; Nursing students; Self directed learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955432146     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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