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Peer reviewedTan, C. M. – Higher Education, 1992
A study of 30 first-year medical students in a physiology course found that frequent evaluation had a profound negative effect on learning, with students adopting a surface reproductive approach geared to passing exams rather than integrating knowledge. Lectures and curriculum organization failed to affect student use and structure of knowledge.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGrieve, Clayton – Medical Teacher, 1992
Compares differences in successive pretest/posttest scores for 46 undergraduate volunteers following the application of distinct teaching formats to each of 3 consecutive subsections of a human physiology course. Indicates scores increased favorably for audio-visual lecture and self-study tutorial formats but no significant increase for didactic…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Audiovisual Instruction, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis
