Relationship between Learning Styles, Learning Achievement, and Nursing and Midwifery National Licensing Examination of Nursing Graduates from Boromarajonani College among Nursing Udonthani
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The aim of this descriptive correlation research was to explore the relationship between learning styles, learning achievement, and the Nursing and Midwifery National Licensing Examination. The data were collected from 119 nursing graduates from the Borramarajonnani College of Nursing, Udonthani, Thailand. The Felder and Solomon Index (ILS) questionnaire was adopted for data collection in the first semester of Academic Year 2018. The ILS consists of four groups: processing information (active-reflective), perceiving information (sensing-intuitive), receiving information (visual-verbal), and understanding information (sequential-global). The Chi-square test was used for data analysis. Overall, nursing students presented a well-balanced mix learning styles. The top three highest used styles were sensory, visual, and active (94.11%, 90.75%, and 73.10%, respectively). Interestingly, active and sequence learning styles were significantly related to the licensing examination result. Also, learning achievement was significantly related to the licensing result. However, all types of learning styles were not significantly related to learning achievement. In conclusion, despite different learning styles among nursing graduates, a well-balanced mix of learning styles were addressed. As a result, the blended teaching methods such as case study, practice, and simulation-based learning should be used more for enhancing the achievement of learning and the outcome of the license examination. Additionally, further study of the factors that are releated to the nursing and midwifery licensing examination outcomes and learning achievement among nursing graduates should be explored further.
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บทความและรายงานวิจัยในวารสารพยาบาลกระทรวงสาธารณสุข เป็นความคิดเห็นของ ผู้เขียน มิใช่ของคณะผู้จัดทำ และมิใช่ความรับผิดชอบของสมาคมศิษย์เก่าพยาบาลกระทรวงสาธารณสุข ซึ่งสามารถนำไปอ้างอิงได้
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