The cookie experiment revisited: broadened dimensions for teaching nursing research.

Full Abstract

Nurse educators face the ongoing challenge of presenting increasingly complex nursing research methods to undergraduate and graduate students. The cookie experiment, a unique teaching strategy developed more than a decade ago by Thiel, has been refined and expanded to include hands-on quantitative and qualitative components while also serving as a way to lessen students'phobias about research. This creative and effective teaching strategy provides a user-friendly format that can be adapted as needed to present both basic and complex research concepts. The authors present this teaching strategy and discuss its applicability to undergraduate and graduate courses.

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Author information

Author/s: Morrison-Beedy, D (D); Côté-Arsenault, D (D);

Affiliation: College of Nursing, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA. dmbeedy(-atsign-)nursing.syr.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Nurse educator (Nurse Educ), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2000 Nov-Dec; vol 25 (issue 6) : pp 294-6

Dates: Created 2006/05/01; Completed 2006/05/11;

PMID: 16646186, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Attitude of Health Personnel
Data Collection
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate - methods
Fear
Games, Experimental
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans

Humans
Nursing Research - education; methods
Problem-Based Learning - methods
Qualitative Research
Research Design
Students, Nursing - psychology
Teaching - methods
Teaching Materials

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