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Service-Learning with the Mentally Ill: Softening the Stigma
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Barney, Steve T.; Corser, Grant C.; White, Lynn H. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2010
Stigmas toward those who have mental illnesses are wide-spread and detrimental to the health and well-being of those suffering from these debilitating conditions, and to society as a whole. Stigma-reducing programs are plentiful but many are only marginally effective. In this paper we describe and evaluate a course in Psychopathology that included…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Service Learning, Psychopathology, Mental Disorders
Using the Four-Questions Technique to Enhance Learning
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Dietz-Uhler, Beth; Lanter, Jason R. – Teaching of Psychology, 2009
To assess the effect of a 4-question reflective learning technique on quiz performance, students engaged in an interactive activity, responded to 4 questions to encourage analyzing (i.e., what was learned), reflecting (i.e., why it is important), relating (i.e., how the material related to their personal lives), and generating (i.e., what…
Descriptors: Self Management, Teaching Methods, Test Coaching, Test Wiseness
Teaching for Change: Learning Partnerships and Epistemological Growth
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Olsen, Deborah; Bekken, Barbara M.; McConnell, Kathryne Drezek; Walter, Charles T. – Journal of General Education, 2011
Baxter Magolda's Learning Partnerships model was used to create a program designed to foster student epistemological development. To assess its effectiveness, the Measure of Epistemological Reflection was administered to the experimental cohort and a comparable group in the traditional general education program. Results indicate that the model…
Descriptors: General Education, Epistemology, Program Effectiveness, Models
Effects of a Peer Helping Training Program on Helping Skills and Self-Growth of Peer Helpers
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Aladag, Mine; Tezer, Esin – International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2009
The purpose of this study was to develop a peer helping training program for university students in Turkey and to examine its effectiveness in improving the helping skills and self-growth of peer helpers. A pre-test, post-test, follow-up-test experimental design, involving a treatment and control group, was carried out with a total sample of 31…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Research Design, Foreign Countries, Peer Counseling
The Effects of a Competency-Oriented Learning Environment and Tutor Feedback on Students' Reflection Skills
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Smits, Marieke; Sluijsmans, Dominique; Jochems, Wim – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2009
This study investigates the effects of a competency-oriented course and the effects of feedback training on students' reflection skills. Thirty-one nursing students enrolled in a conventional course with lectures and assignments following a traditional test. Subsequently, they enrolled in a competency-oriented course, which included more…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Nursing Students, Experimental Groups, Control Groups
MS ANTWERPEN: Emergency Management Training for Low-Risk Environments
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Strohschneider, Stefan; Gerdes, Jurgen – Simulation & Gaming, 2004
Emergency management training programs have been developed mostly for trainees from high-risk environments such as aviation or the chemical industry. This article describes a training program for staff members from low-risk environments such as hospitals or hotels, where the awareness of potential dangers is usually low and emergency plans are…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Hospitals, Administrative Organization, Training Methods