Use of peer assessment as a student engagement strategy in nurse education

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 514-520

  Casey, Dympna ^a   Burke, Eimear ^a   Houghton, Catherine ^a   Mee, Lorraine ^a   Smith, Rita ^a   Van Der Putten, Deirdre ^a   Bradley, Hilary ^a   Folan, Margaret ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Focus group; Nurse education; Peer assessment; Self regulation theory of learning; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LEARNING; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, NURSING; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455175208     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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