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Service Learning in Life-Span Developmental Psychology: Higher Exam Scores and Increased Empathy

This article describes research conducted to evaluate the impact of service learning on exam scores and emotional empathy in a life-span development course. Service learning was 1 of 3 project options offered in the course; others included an interview project and a research paper. With the exception of the first exam, scores were significantly higher for the servicelearning students compared t...

Plastic Surgery In-training Exam Scores Correlate with US Medical Licensing Exam Step 1 and 2 Scores

1 PuRPOSe Plastic Surgery In-training Exam (PSITE) and American Board of Surgery In-training Exam (ABSITE) scores correlate with written board passage rates and are thus one proxy for production of competent surgeons. We hypothesize standardized test-taking to be a skill and previous success should predict future success. This study examines the relationship between performance on US Medical Li...

Gamified Lecture Courses Improve Student Evaluations but Not Exam Scores

Gamified lecture courses are defined as lecture courses formatted as games, for the purposes of this research. This paper presents an example of a traditional instructionbased lecture course that was redesigned using a game-like design. First, confrontations specific to gaming situations were considered, to derive goals for students in a classroom. Students fought using a game system in these e...

Are Bar Exam Scores Affected by Law School Admissions Practices ?

Interteaching: the effects of quality points on exam scores.

Although previous studies have found interteaching to be an effective alternative to traditional methods of instruction, few studies have examined which of its components contribute to its effectiveness. In the current study, we examined whether manipulating quality points had an effect on our students' exam scores. In two sections of an undergraduate general psychology course, we used intertea...