A 11 A Metacognitive Learning Strategy that Guides Intentional Learning and Reflection in Nursing Education

Thursday, 23 July 2015: 3:30 PM-4:45 PM
Description/Overview: This symposium will engage the participants interactively around the application of Metacognitive and Meta-affective Learning Strategies in Nursing Education. In the Introduction, the authors will provide an overview of Metacognition, its origins and applications in education. The second component of the symposium will discuss one metacognitive learning strategy, KWLA+R, used across an undergraduate and graduate nursing program to increase learner metacognition. The final component of the symposium will present a Heidegarian analysis of the use of metacognitive and meta-affective learning strategies demonstrated in KWLA+R.
Moderators:  Alice L. March, PhD, RN, FNP, Phd, RN, FNP, CNE, Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Symposium Organizers:  Susan Grinslade, PhD, RN, PHN-CS, BC, School of Nursing, SUNY University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
A Metacognitive Learning Strategy that Guides Intentional Learning and Reflection in Nursing Education

Susan Grinslade, PhD, RN, PHN-CS, BC
School of Nursing, SUNY University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Carol M. Van Zile-Tamsen, PhD, EdM, BS, BA, .
Center for Educational Innovation, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Theresa A. Winkelman, MS, RN, CPNP
Nursing, State Universtiy of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo,, NY
Marie Larcara, EdD, MSEd, .
State University New York at Buffalo, Hamburg, NY



Metacognitive and Meta-Affective Teaching and Learning Strategy KWLA+R

Linda Lazzaro Steeg, DNP, MS, RN, APRN-BC
School of Nursing, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Theresa A. Winkelman, MS, RN, CPNP
Nursing, State Universtiy of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo,, NY



Evaluation of a Teaching Strategy Aimed at Improving the Metacognitive Learning of Nursing Students

Penelope W. McDonald, PhD, MSN, BSN, RN
School of Nursing, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY