Evaluating a Skills Centre: The Acquisition of Psychomotor Skills in Nursing--A Review of the Literature. [and] Evaluating a Skills Centre: The Acquisition of Psychomotor Skills in Nursing--A Review of the Theory.

Knight, Carolyn M.

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ERIC Number: EJ571399

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Evaluating a Skills Centre: The Acquisition of Psychomotor Skills in Nursing--A Review of the Literature. [and] Evaluating a Skills Centre: The Acquisition of Psychomotor Skills in Nursing--A Review of the Theory.

Knight, Carolyn M.

Nurse Education Today, v18 n6 p441-47,448-54 Aug 1998

Article 1 reviews literature on psychomotor skill acquisition, finding inconclusive research based on a positivist approach. Article 2 reviews theories of skill acquisition. Both reviews will be used to evaluate a skills center for nurses that is based on a constructivist approach. (SK)

Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Higher Education, Learning Theories, Literature Reviews, Nursing Education, Program Evaluation, Psychomotor Skills, Skill Centers, Skill Development

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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