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Document Type
Thesis - University Access Only
Award Date
1993
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department / School
Graduate Nursing
First Advisor
Evelyn Peterson
Keywords
nursing student attitudes, nursing data processing, cognitive styles
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify whether there was a difference of computer attitudes of baccalaureate nursing students when compared by learning style. Instruments used were Kolb's Learning Style Inventory and the Computer Attitude Survey by Stronge and Brodt. Forty-eight nursing students from a midwestern university participated in this research. Nursing students' attitudes were generally favorable toward the use of computer in the hospital setting.
All four learning styles as identified by Kolb were present in the sample. A distribution, from 23 percent to 27 percent, of the four types, Accommodator, Assimilator, Converger, and Diverger, was obtained. Thus there was not a predominance of any learning style.
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted to compare the means of the computer attitude survey among and within the four groups of learning style. The results of ANOVA found no difference in the means, and the null hypothesis was accepted.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Nursing students -- Attitudes
Nursing -- Data processing
Cognitive styles
Format
application/pdf
Number of Pages
85
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights
Copyright © 1993 Judy Crane. All rights reserved
Recommended Citation
Crane, Judy, "The Relationship Between Experiential Learning Syle and Computer Attitudes Among Generic Baccalaureate Nursing Students" (1993). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 707.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/707