South Dakota State University
A Comparison of Female Native American and Non-Native American Nursing and Pre-Nursing Students' Learning Styles at Two Tribal Colleges in South Dakota
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>This study examined the similarities and differences in the learning styles of female Native American and non-Native American nursing and pre-nursing students. How are learning styles different between individuals from the two cultures and how are they similar? Forty-two Native Americans and 28 non-Native Americans female nursing students participated in this study.<br> The Perceptual Learning-Style Preference Survey (PLSPS) was the tool utilized to assess learning styles. This tool assesses each student's dominant learning style as auditory, visual, kinesthetic, or tactile. This tool classifies preference for individual or group learning. Lastly, this tool gives an explanation of each learning style and offers suggestions on how to best learn, utilizing a dominant learning style. A brief demographic survey was provided. Age, race, gender, and status as nursing or pre-nursing student were identified in the demographic data.<br> No significant difference was found between the two groups. Kinesthetic was the dominate learning style for both groups.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science (MS)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis - University Access Only
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Graduate Nursing
- Year
- 2010
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Ragan, Nola L.
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Thomas Stenvig
Subjects
dc:subject × 5Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Copyright © 2010 Ragan Nola. All rights reserved
- Language dc:language
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/948
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:openprairie.sdstate.edu:etd-1948