The Teaching of Nursing Research-Part III: A Comparison of Teaching Strategies

This article is the last in a series of three focusing on the teaching of nursing research.The first, “The Teaching of Nursing ResearchA Survey Report” by Carolyn Murdaugh, Marlene Kramer, and Claudia E. Schmalenberg, appeared in Nurse Educatorʼs January/February issue and provided detailed, survey-based information on the status of research teaching in schools of nursing throughout the United Slates.The second, ”The Teaching of Nursing ResearchA Literature Review” by Marlene Kramer, Bonnie Holaday, and Beverly Hoeffer, published in NEʼs March/April issue, offered a comprehensive literature review on the teaching of nursing research in a variety of disciplines.In this article, authors Kramer, Holaday, and Hoeffer present their research into the relative effectiveness of two strategies for the teaching of nursing researchsmall peer group discussion and modeling. Their results have important implications for nursing educators concerned with curriculum design and the teaching of research.