Rate My Professor Maria Young

Young's research interests center on learning environments, e-learning, online learning, e-learning theory, teaching and learning, and collaborative learning. Her scholarly contributions include the publication 'Toward Creating an Optimal Acute Care Clinical Learning Environment: Insights From Staff, Faculty, and Students' in 2014, stemming from a participatory action research study. This work examined how clinical sites influence student learning by convening separate focus groups for students, faculty, and staff to discuss what they enjoyed about the clinical setting, what they disliked, and suggestions for improvement. A related publication with a similar title appears from 2013. Her profile on ResearchGate lists two publications, accumulating 9 citations and 78 reads. Young has also contributed to discussions on developing critical thinkers through AVID discussions in nursing education contexts and participated in poster sessions on related topics. She is recognized by students for her direct teaching style in the nursing program.