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Overcoming Content-Associated Challenges Using Attention-Focused Methods
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Lebec, Michael T.; Kesteloot, Lauren – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2015
A common challenge in higher education is teaching required content for which students traditionally have lower levels of interest. Physical therapist education programs experience this challenge when training entry-level students to document in the medical record. The authors compared learning outcomes among physical therapy students taught…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Documentation, Skill Development, Teaching Methods
More Time or Better Tools? A Large-Scale Retrospective Comparison of Pedagogical Approaches to Teach Programming
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Silva-Maceda, Gabriela; Arjona-Villicaña, P. David; Castillo-Barrera, F. Edgar – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2016
Learning to program is a complex task, and the impact of different pedagogical approaches to teach this skill has been hard to measure. This study examined the performance data of seven cohorts of students (N = 1168) learning programming under three different pedagogical approaches. These pedagogical approaches varied either in the length of the…
Descriptors: Programming, Teaching Methods, Intermode Differences, Cohort Analysis
The Use of Analogies as a Methodology in the School of Medicine
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Corona, José Luis Jiménez; Vindel, Isabel Mª Ferrándiz – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2012
In recent years, the School of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico has been largely engaged in the global medical education trend, through the implementation of curriculum changes which include new methods of teaching and learning. These "new" methods seek to change from the use of teacher-centered strategies or…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, Medical Students, Medical Education, Logical Thinking
Interactive Effects of Prior Knowledge of "Credit Costs" Concepts and Math Skills and Mode of Programmed Instruction.
Masuo, Diane M.; Furuta, Burt A. – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1981
A randomized pre-posttest control group design was used with 34 university students in consumer economics to investigate aptitude-treatment interaction under a computer assisted instruction (CAI) and text mode of programmed instruction. Findings indicated a relative advantage of CAI for the lower aptitude student. Sixteen references are listed.…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Consumer Economics
Attitudes of College Freshmen toward Bibliographic Instruction.
Leighton, Gordon B.; Markman, Marsha C. – College and Research Libraries News, 1991
Reports on a study which evaluated student attitudes toward a new bibliographic instruction (BI) manual designed to address their individual needs and compares the results with those of previous studies on BI methods, i.e., lecture and discussion practicum versus a self-guided workbook. It is concluded that the new manual is regarded more…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Practical Considerations in Using Visualized Materials in the Instructional Development Process.
Dwyer, Francis M. – 1976
During 12 years of investigation, data were obtained from 2,500 high school students and 10,000 college students concerning the effect of specific types of visualizations in producing optimum levels of achievement. The studies considered such qualities of illustrations as: realism, color, relation to oral presentations, relation to educational…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Audiovisual Aids, College Students, Educational Objectives