Using Learning Style Instruments to Enhance Student Learning

Using Anthropomorphism and Fictional Story Development to Enhance Student Learning†

Using the electronic health record to enhance student learning.

(Fam Med 2010;42(1):14-5.) Editor’s Note: I welcome your comments about this feature. I also encourage all predoctoral directors to make copies of this feature and distribute it to their preceptors (with the appropriate Family Medicine citation). Send your submissions to [email protected]. John Delzell, Jr, MD, MSPH, University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Family Medicine, 3901 Rainb...

ePORTFOLIOS: USING TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE AND ASSESS STUDENT LEARNING

Tracking and assessing student learning outcomes within one course can be accomplished with relative ease. However, the true challenge lies within providing data for student learning outcomes for an entire program. The purpose of this descriptive study was to discover and explain the fundamental lessons learned from the beginning stages of ePortfolio implementation in a cohort master's degree p...

Using Interteaching to Enhance Student Engagement and Learning

83 T he less than adequate characteristics of traditional lecture-based educational methods are well established. Research indicates that lecture alone leads to student passivity, does little to promote retention of learned material, discourages interaction between students and instructors, and makes it difficult for instructors to obtain timely feedback about student understanding. Research on...

Which Learning Style Do You Prefer to Improve EFL Learning?

The term "learning styles" refers to the concept that individuals differ in regard to what mode of instruction or study is most effective for them. Proponents of learning­style assessment contend that optimal instruction requires diagnosing individuals' learning style and tailoring instruction accordingly (pashler, McDaniel, Rohrer, and Bjork, 2009). There are several methods or theories that d...