This paper is based on the following inquiry: how do the students realize their research learning process? The aim was to understand the meaning of learning how to research to students. It is a qualitative study that uses the Bardin referential. The sheet used to collect the data had the two guideline questions and were applied to 42 students of the Transition Curriculum and to 49 students of the Integrated Curriculum at UEL Nursing Course. The assessment of the speeches allowed the gathering of five groups segmented into thematic subgroups that unfold the students' meaning of learning. This approach has permitted the acknowledgement that research learning is a complex, dynamic and constant process which requires time they can develop their competence in research.
Research; Teaching; Self-assessment (psychology)