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Assessing Medical Students' Moral Judgment over the Course of a Four-Year Professionalism and Humanism Curriculum
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Riegle, Sandra E.; Frye, Ann W.; Glenn, Jason; Smith, Kirk L. – Online Submission, 2012
Teachers tasked with developing moral character in future physicians face an array of pedagogic challenges, among them identifying tools to measure progress in instilling the requisite skill set. One validated instrument for assessing moral judgment is the Defining Issues Test (DIT-2). Based on the work of Lawrence Kohlberg, the test's main…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Physicians, Statistical Analysis
Change in Moral Judgment of Teaching Interns in a Full-Year Internship
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Oja, Sharon Nodie; Graham, Suzanne E.; Andrew, Michael D. – Journal of Research in Character Education, 2011
The goal of this study was to investigate how moral development changes over time for teacher education master's students during their year-long internship. Data on the Defining Issues Test-2 was collected at three points in time during the full-year teaching internships (beginning, end of first semester, and end of second semester). These…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Attitude Change, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes
The Impact of Higher Education on Moral Judgment Development. Project Report 1.
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Rest, James R. – 1979
The document discusses the nature of moral judgment, reviews previous studies which link higher education to moral judgment, and presents results of a longitudinal study comparing college and non-college subjects. This project report from the Higher Education and Cognitive-Social Development Project at the University of Minnesota is presented in…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cognitive Development, College Students, Educational Objectives
Moral Development: Results of Rest's Defining Issues Test.
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Lindon, James L.; Draugalis, JoLaine R. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1992
This paper discusses a cross-sectional study that assessed the moral development profiles of undergraduate pharmacy students (n=71) using Rest's Defining Issues Test. Analysis showed no significant difference in mean level of principled moral reasoning between first and fourth professional year undergraduate students. (GLR)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
Development of Values and Moral Judgments of West Point Cadets. [Final Report].
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Bridges, Claude; Priest, Robert – 1983
This final report describes the development of personal, social, and moral values, as well as the development of moral judgments of West Point cadets. The values of cadets at entrance and throughout their four years at the United States Military Academy were assessed. The basic research evaluated how cadets become socialized into the military…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Ethics, Higher Education
Relationships among Multicultural Training, Moral Development, and Racial Identity Development of White Counseling Students.
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Evans, Kathy M.; Foster, Victoria A. – Counseling and Values, 2000
Surveys counselor education students (N=68) using Defining Issues Test and White Racial Identity Scale to determine relationships among multicultural training and moral racial identity development. Results indicated that training could help change modes of information processing about racial attitudes, but may not promote cognitive complexity…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Counselor Training, Cross Cultural Training, Graduate Students