UNLABELLED BACKGROUND/GOAL: Neurology is rated as one of the most difficult specialties by medical students, as well as by medical practitioners in other areas. Team-based learning (TBL) as a method of active and group-based learning seems to be a suitable method to achieve greater learning success and a better understanding of neurology. METHODS The TBL neurology course was designed as a sup...

In this report, we consider the task of automated assessment of English as a Second Language (ESOL) examination scripts written in response to prompts eliciting free text answers. We review and critically evaluate previous work on automated assessment for essays, especially when applied to ESOL text. We formally define the task as discriminative preference ranking and develop a new system train...

INTRODUCTION In preparation for the state examination, many students have open questions and a need for advice. Tutors of the Skills Lab PERLE-"Praxis ERfahren und Lernen" (experiencing and learning practical skills) have developed a new course concept to provide support and practical assistance for the examinees. OBJECTIVES The course aims to familiarize the students with the exam situation ...

Assessing mastery of bioethics in a graduate program requires careful attention not simply to the content knowledge and skill development of students but also to the principles of sound assessment processes. In this article, we describe the rationale, development process, and features of the comprehensive exam we created as a culminating experience of a master's program in bioethics. The exam b...

With the advent of wireless technology, new tools are available that are intended to enhance students' learning and attitudes. To assess the effectiveness of wireless student response systems in the biology curriculum at New Mexico State University, a combined study of student attitudes and performance was undertaken. A survey of students in six biology courses showed that strong majorities of ...

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A common stigma that students often associate with an engineering degree is enduring an excessive workload. In fact, recent studies suggest that this perception is one of the primary reasons many students leave engineering majors and pursue other studies. This claim is also confirmed almost uniformly across all core engineering courses when students report on end of course surveys that they do ...

introduction: we compared the effect of the teaching aids and review sessions on learning anatomy subjects by the medical students of rafsanjan university of medical sciences. methods: in this study, during each semester, practical anatomy courses were presented by using different teaching aids such as, cadaver, bones, and training videos to the students. for all studied groups, at the end of e...