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Using Learning Outcome Measures to assess Doctoral Nursing Education
Published on: June 21, 2010
Threshold Concepts in Doctoral Education: A Framework for Writing Development in Novice Nurse Scientists
Deborah E Tyndall1, Kerri B Flinchbaugh, Nicole I Caswell
1Author Affiliations: Assistant Professor (Dr Tyndall), East Carolina University College of Nursing; Assistant Director (Ms Flinchbaugh), University Writing Program, and Director of University Writing Centers (Dr Caswell), East Carolina University; and Professor (Dr Scott), East Carolina University College of Nursing, Greenville, North Carolina.
Abstract:
Pedagogical practices for writing development in doctoral programs are often the by-product of completing dissertation research and may lack deliberate strategies to assist students with complex genres of writing. This article proposes a framework for doctoral education to assist students with mastery of threshold concepts in writing. Threshold concepts in writing are examined for their applicability to the evolution of writing in PhD nursing students as they begin to think and write like nurse scientists.
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