Learning Styles Among Nursing Students in Puebla, México

Authors

  • Francisco Javier Báez Hernández Author Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
  • Julia Hernández Álvarez Author Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
  • Jorge Eduardo Pérez Toriz Author Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

Keywords:

Students nursing, learning.

Abstract

Objective: Identify the learning style that predominates among second four-month period undergraduate nursing students at the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma Nursing School in Puebla (México) and guide curriculum change.

Materials and Method: An observational, transverse, descriptive study of 101 undergraduate nursing students, using the Honey- Alonso learning style questionnaire and a document with general data prepared by the researchers.

Results: 88.1% are females and the average age is 20.7. The range was 18 to 41 years. The reflective learning style was the preferred one, with a mean of 13.69 (DE = 2.962), followed by the pragmatic style, with a mean of 12.44 (DE = 2.879). No significant difference was observed for the active-theoretical learning styles (p>.902).

Conclusions: The reflective learning style scored the highest among the nursing students. It is recommended the sample be expanded to include the entire population, and the instrument be applied to teachers for the purpose of a correlation analysis.

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Author Biographies

Francisco Javier Báez Hernández, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 4 sur 104 Col. Centro CP 72000, Puebla, México.

Julia Hernández Álvarez, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 4 sur 104 Col. Centro CP 72000, Puebla, México.

Jorge Eduardo Pérez Toriz, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 4 sur 104 Col. Centro CP 72000, Puebla, México.

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Báez Hernández, F. J., Hernández Álvarez, J., & Pérez Toriz, J. E. (2009). Learning Styles Among Nursing Students in Puebla, México. Aquichan, 7(2). Retrieved from https://aquichan.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/aquichan/article/view/115

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2007)

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