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Learning styles of nursing students and career choices
Author(s) -
Laschinger Heather K.,
Boss Marvin W.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1984.tb00386.x
Subject(s) - learning styles , concreteness , style (visual arts) , psychology , nursing , nurse education , experiential learning , medical education , mathematics education , medicine , archaeology , cognitive psychology , history
Kolb's ‘Learning Style Inventory’ was used to examine learning characteristics of incoming nursing students ( n = 166) which were then compared to those of more advanced nursing students ( n = 102). A majority of students were found to have concrete learning styles. Advanced students had a greater incidence of concrete learning styles than first year students suggesting increasing concreteness with exposure to nursing education. Diploma students were found to have a higher incidence of concrete learning styles than university students. Students with concrete learning styles were more influenced by person‐oriented factors in career choices than those with abstract learning styles. No relationship was found between learning style and preferred nursing specialty. Implications for nursing education are discussed.