Approaches to study in undergraduate nursing students in regional Victoria, Australia

Title: Approaches to study in undergraduate nursing students in regional Victoria, Australia
Creator: Brown, Stephen; Wakeling, Lara; Naiker, Mani; White, Sue
Date: 2014
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/76593
Identifier: vital:7571
Identifier: ISSN:1548-923X
Abstract: In developmental research to devise a strategy to identify students who may benefit from assistance with learning habits, approaches to study were explored in undergraduate nursing students (n=122) enrolled in a compulsory first-year course in physiology at a regional Australian university. The course constituted 30 credits (25%) of their first year of study. Using the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory (ASSIST), students were identified as adopting a deep (n=38, 31%), strategic (n= 30, 25%), or a surface (n=54, 44%) approach to study. Internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha [
Relation: International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship Vol. 11, no. 1 (2014), p. 1-10
Rights: Copyright Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: Cluster analysis; Learning styles; Study skills; Undergraduate nurse education; 1110 Nursing
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