Student skill developments

Evaluating capstone courses: Employing the five R’s model to analyze an agricultural communications magazine class

“Students reported having improved their levels of confidence in their communications skills and having improved important skills to prepare them for the workforce.” (p.8) “All survey participants also reported improved practical skills as a result of their experiential exercises. In particular, they reported feeling more confident in their abilities with layout and design software as […]

Preregistration student nurses' self-reported preparedness for practice before and after the introduction of a capstone subject

“Both cohorts were uncomfortable performing invasive procedures and reported low levels of confidence in the area of professional identity. An overall trend of decreasing confidence as patient assignment size increased was observed for both cohorts, and higher confidence was associated with previous health care experience. Perceptions of preparedness for practice did not increase significantly following […]