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Agbor-Baiyee, W. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2009
Purpose: Orientation facilitates the transition to a new academic program to meet the need of new students to know programmatic items such as academic expectations, courses, policies and procedures. We used a problem based learning (PBL) approach to introduce our students to the expectations of our intensive 10-week Medical College Admission Test…
Descriptors: Premedical Students, Medical Schools, Disadvantaged, Standardized Tests
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Agbor-Baiyee, William – College Student Journal, 2009
Purpose: In common with most standardized admissions tests, the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) scores disproportionately screen out applicants from disadvantaged and underrepresented minority groups, relative to their demographic importance. The impact of programs to prepare students for the MCAT has not been adequately addressed. The…
Descriptors: Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences, College Admission, Minority Groups