The use of computer-based concept mapping as a prewriting strategy for eighthgrade language art students was compared to paper-and-pencil concept mapping. Computer-based concept mapping was shown to enhance idea generation and the total quality of the students’ prewriting concept maps in preparation for a persuasive writing task. Contrary to expectation, the students who generated paper-and-pen...

AIM To explore if writing self-efficacy improved among first-year nursing students in the context of discipline-specific writing. The relationship between writing self-efficacy, anxiety and student grades are also explored with respect to various learner characteristics such as postsecondary experience, writing history, English as a second language status and online versus classroom instruction...

nurses are often faced with serious situations that require high levels of legal and ethical knowledge, and should therefore be sensitive to the moral issues in their profession in the decision making process. some studies have investigated nurses’ moral self-concept as an effective factor in moral sensitivity, but there is not sufficient evidence to support this. the purpose of this study was ...

Although expressive writing has positive effects on health, little is known about the underlying psychological mechanisms for these effects. The present study assessed self-affirmation, cognitive processing, and discovery of meaning as potential mediators of the effects of expressive writing on physical health in early-stage breast cancer survivors. A content analysis of the essays showed that ...

comparison of the effect of concept mapping and nursing process on self-regulated learning, self-efficacy and cognitive strategies in nursing students     rezaei k [1] *, kouhestani h [2] , nejat n [3] , ebrahimi fakhar h [4]     received: 12 oct , 2011 accepted: 20 jan , 2012     abstract   background & aims : the success of nursing students depends on the understanding of complex concepts and...