Nursingconnections. 1995;8(3):47-53.

Interdisciplinary research: evaluating writing to learn in the nursing curriculum.

NursingConnections

G P Poirrier

PMID: 8700240

Abstract

A 3-year collaborative study was conducted by the department head of baccalaureate nursing and the director of writing at a southern university in Louisiana. The research was designed to test the effectiveness of an intense writing-to-learn curriculum intervention incorporated into a required introductory nursing course. Writing-to-learn strategies used in this study were designed to foster personal involvement in the subject matter, improve data comprehension, and encourage critical thinking (Dobie & Poirrier, 1995). The findings reported in this study represent Part III of a 3-year investigation into the effectiveness of using writing-to-learn strategies in freshman nursing classes.

MeSH terms

• Curriculum*
• Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / organization & administration
• Educational Measurement
• Humans
• Interinstitutional Relations*
• Nursing Education Research
• Universities / organization & administration
• Writing*

Publication Types

• Journal Article