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Concept Interview Assignment To Foster Intentional Learning In Nursing Students, Sarah Mollman
Concept Interview Assignment To Foster Intentional Learning In Nursing Students, Sarah Mollman
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Intentional learning is the process of acquiring skills and attributes that facilitate knowledge attainment and application, and this process may foster learning skills and attributes in nursing students so they may thrive in student-centered nursing curricula and competently practice in today’s dynamic and complex healthcare system. The purposes of this study were to determine 1) if there are any associations between academic achievement and intentional learning and 2) if there is an effect of a nursing concept interview assignment on academic achievement and intentional learning scores in second-semester nursing students.
The majority of studies on intentional learning were quasi-experimental designs …
Factors Which Influence The Use Of Active Learning Strategies By Nursing Faculty, Deborah Lowell Shindell
Factors Which Influence The Use Of Active Learning Strategies By Nursing Faculty, Deborah Lowell Shindell
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Nursing education is facing a crisis. Anachronistic teaching methods are no longer keeping up with the needs of new graduates entering practice. Despite a body of knowledge which supports the use of active learning in higher education, nursing faculty continue to rely on lecture as their primary pedagogical approach. Previous study of the use of research products in clinical nursing practice identified systematic factors such as characteristics of the communication of research findings and characteristics of the organization form the greatest barrier to use. This study discovers if these same barriers face nursing educators.
Using Roger‟s Theory of Diffusion of …