Learning preference as a predictor of academic performance in first year accelerated graduate entry nursing students: A prospective follow-up study

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 611-616

  Koch, Jane ^a   Salamonson, Yenna ^a   Rolley, John X ^b,c   Davidson, Patricia M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Accelerated graduate entry nursing students; English as a second language (ESL); Learning preference

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACCULTURATION; ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960165302     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.10.019     Document Type: Article

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