Cognitive patterns of engineering and nursing students : perception processing & hemisphericity

The aim of this study is to identify and explain the characteristic cognitive patterns of polytechnic engineering and nursing students in the dimension of perception, processing and brain dominance. It hopes to show a link between the cognitive profiles of engineering and nursing students, and their...

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Main Author: Tan, Anthony Chin Lok.
Other Authors: Yeap, Lay Leng
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14093
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:The aim of this study is to identify and explain the characteristic cognitive patterns of polytechnic engineering and nursing students in the dimension of perception, processing and brain dominance. It hopes to show a link between the cognitive profiles of engineering and nursing students, and their choice of an engineering and nursing course at Nanyang Polytechnic, in preparing them for an engineering and nursing profession.