Success in Baccalaureate Nursing Programs: A Matter of Accommodation?
| Autor: | George Atkinson, Judith Haislett, Calvin L. Williams, Robbie B Hughes |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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Male Self-assessment Self-Assessment Psychological intervention Sampling Studies Nursing curriculum Education Learning styles Humans Learning Psychological testing Student learning General Nursing Psychological Tests Medical education business.industry Teaching Education Nursing Baccalaureate Achievement Nursing Education Research Female Students Nursing Baccalaureate nursing Psychology business Accommodation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Nursing Education. 32:64-70 |
| ISSN: | 1938-2421 0148-4834 |
| DOI: | 10.3928/0148-4834-19930201-07 |
| Popis: | This article explores student learning styles as an important variable in four-year baccalaureate nursing programs. Student learning styles were assessed by Kolb's Learning Style Inventory-1985 (LSI-1985), which identifies the accommodator, diverger, assiinilator, and converger learning styles. The authors examined the relationship between learning style and academic performance as measured by grade-point ratio (GPR) and studied behaviors and attitudes as measured by Brown and Holtzman's (1964) Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes. Analysis indicated that this sample (N = 100) included mainly assimilators and divergere, making reflective observation the most common mode of learning. Compared to the accommodator/converger group, the assimilator/diverger group earned a significantly higher GPR, significantly better scores on the study habits variable of Work Methods (WM), and moderately better scores on the study attitude variable of Educational Acceptance (EA). Accommodators were identified as the most at-risk learning style group, and specific interventions were suggested to assist accommodators in adapting to the academic rigors of a nursing curriculum. |
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