title: The use of cognitive style mapping as a predictor for academic success of first-semester diploma nursing students.
abstract: This study determined the relationship between the components of the cognitive map and the diploma nursing student's successful academic completion of the first semester. This ex post facto study applied the Modified Hill Cognitive Style Model (MHCSM) instrument; the final grade, the dependent variable, was intercorrelated with the instrument's 28 mapping elements. Data analysis indicated three positively correlated predictors: a preference for finding meaning from written words, for independent problem-solving, and for a logical deductive approach in decision-making. Four negatively correlated predictors included a preference for finding meaning from the spoken word, for finding meaning from sight, for problem-solving with peers, and for categorical reasoning. Implications applicable to nursing education are included.
authors.affiliation: St. John's School of Nursing, Springfield, MO 65804.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nortridge
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mayeux
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D004510:Education, Nursing, Diploma Programs / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D004522:Educational Status; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008923:Missouri; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*