Learning styles of first-year undergraduate nursing and midwifery students: A cross-sectional survey utilising the Kolb Learning Style Inventory

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 506-515

  D'Amore, Angelo ^a,b,c   James, Santhamma ^a   Mitchell, Eleanor K L ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Kolb Learning Style Inventory; Midwifery students; Nursing students; Tertiary education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDWIFE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDWIFERY; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREGNANCY; STUDENTS, NURSING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862565795     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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