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Choudhury, Bipasha; Gouldsborough, Ingrid; Gabriel, Stefan – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2010
Students enrolled in the Optometry program at the University of Manchester are required to take a functional anatomy course during the first year of their studies. Low mean scores in the written examination of this unit for the past two academic years energized staff to rethink the teaching format. Interactive sessions lasting 20 minutes each were…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Games, Optometry, Podiatry
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Quevedo-Junyent, Lluisa; Aznar-Casanova, Jose Antonio; Merindano-Encina, Dolores; Cardona, Genis; Sole-Forto, Joan – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2011
In this study, we examined differences in dynamic visual acuity between elite and subelite water polo players and sedentary students. To measure dynamic visual acuity binocularly, we asked participants to indicate the orientation of a broken ring, similar to the Landolt C, which increased in size as it moved across a computer screen. Two different…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Visual Acuity, Comparative Analysis, Athletes
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Hegeman, Sally – Journal of Optometric Education, 1983
Due to criticism that optometrists are not adequately trained to use drugs for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes, the course of study taken by optometry students was compared to that taken by medical students in terms of faculty capability, courses content, and relationship to career needs.
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Course Content
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Conway, Robert; And Others – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1993
In response to optometry student complaints about group scores as an inadequate reflection of individual effort, two different procedures for assessing individual contributions to a group learning project were investigated, one based on evaluations by students outside the group and one using student evaluations of their fellow group members'…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning, Evaluation Criteria