Students use of exemplars to support academic writing in higher education: An integrative review

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 65, Issue , 2018, Pages 87-93

  Carter, Rebekah ^a   Salamonson, Yenna ^a   Ramjan, Lucie M ^a   Halcomb, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annotated exemplars; Exemplars; Feedback; Peer review; Structure; Tertiary students

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; NURSING; PEER REVIEW; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; STUDENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEACHING; WRITING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; STUDENTS, NURSING; WRITING;

EID: 85043507605     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2018.02.038     Document Type: Review

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