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Undergraduate nursing students' learning styles: a longitudinal study.

Sandra Fleming¹, Gabrielle McKee, Sylvia Huntley-Moore

¹School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, 24 D'Olier Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. flemins@tcd.ie

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This longitudinal study tracked nursing students' learning styles, finding significant shifts from first to final year. Educators should use diverse methods to support all learning styles for enhanced student potential.

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Area of Science:

Nursing Education
Educational Psychology

Background:

Understanding student learning styles is crucial for effective pedagogy in higher education.
Longitudinal data on learning style evolution in nursing students is limited.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate changes in learning styles among undergraduate pre-registration nursing students over their course of study.
To identify preferred learning styles and their relationship with student demographics and academic performance.

Main Methods:

A longitudinal study design was employed, administering the Honey and Mumford Learning Styles Questionnaire.
Data collected from students in their first (n=202) and final (n=166) years, with matched pairs (n=58) analyzed.
Statistical analyses examined differences in learning styles between years and correlations with age and academic achievement.

Main Results:

The 'dual learning' category was most common in the first year (35%), while 'no dominant style' increased in the final year (53%).
The 'reflector' style was preferred by a majority in both first (69%) and final (57%) years.
Significant differences in learning styles were observed between study years, with improvements in total learning style scores. A relationship existed between learning styles and age, but not academic achievement.

Conclusions:

Nursing student learning styles evolve significantly throughout their undergraduate program.
Nurse educators must recognize and adapt to diverse and changing learning styles.
Implementing varied teaching and assessment strategies is essential to cultivate all learning styles and maximize student potential.