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Integrated motivation-reflection approach to improve first-year nursing students’ learning: A quasi-experimental study
Teaching and Learning in Nursing, Vol.20(1), pp.e145-e149
2025
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Abstract
Background
Tailored intervention programs may improve the motivation and reflective skills of first-year nursing students.
Aim
To examine an integrated learning approach for improving nursing students’ motivation and reflective skills.
Methods
A quasi-experimental design was employed with 104 nursing students. The control group used a conventional learning approach, while those in the experimental group received a motivation-reflection learning intervention. A t-test was used to determine mean differences in the outcomes of learning motivation and reflective ability between the groups overtime.
Results
The experimental group showed a significant decrease in learning motivation scores (−4.53) compared to the control group (+1.54), t (102) = 2.27, p = .03. No significant difference in reflective ability scores was found between groups, t (102) = 0.79, p = .43. Female students reported higher learning motivation scores than males, t (102) = 3.24, p = .00, but no gender differences were noted in reflective ability, t (102) = 0.49, p = .62.
Conclusions
The less improved learning motivation in the experimental group suggests that other factors affect motivation.
Details
- Title
- Integrated motivation-reflection approach to improve first-year nursing students’ learning: A quasi-experimental study
- Authors
- Tzu-Jung Tseng (Author) - Chang Gung University of Science and TechnologyJo Wu (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health - Nursing
- Publication details
- Teaching and Learning in Nursing, Vol.20(1), pp.e145-e149
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc.
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.teln.2024.09.007
- ISSN
- 1557-2013; 1557-3087
- Copyright note
- © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of Organization for Associate Degree Nursing. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
- Organisation Unit
- Healthy Ageing Research Cluster; School of Health - Nursing
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991061496702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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