BACKGROUND Personal qualities have been shown to affect students' exam results. We studied the effect of experience, and level, of public performance in music, drama, dance, sport, and debate at the time of admission to medical school as a predictor of student achievement in their first objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). METHODS A single medical school cohort (n = 265) sitting ...

T objectives of this study were to compare the critical thinking skills before and after the implementation of the problem-based learning (PBL) approach among Chinese baccalaureate nursing students and to describe students’ comments on PBL. A quasi-experimental pre-test/ post-test design was conducted. Through purposive sampling, twenty-three second-year baccalaureate nursing students were invi...

T he 21st century offers both a promise and a challenge. Remarkable advances in electronic technologies in general, and information technologies in particular, hold out the promise of new scientific discoveries, improved living standards, better communication, increased production, greater access to information and significant improvements in health and quality of life. However, many children, ...

conclusions results of this study indicated the better effect of osats on learning and its relative superiority in precise assessment of clinical skills compared with the traditional evaluation method. therefore, we recommend using this method in evaluation of students in practical courses. objectives the purpose of this study was to compare the effect of using osats and traditional methods on ...

By JON GLAZIER and KATHLEEN WILLIAMSON About 400 Rice students, almost 20% of the undergraduate population, gathered Friday evening in the quadrangle to demonstrate either for or against 'GOP Presidential candidate Richard Nixon, who was slated to speak in Miller Amphitheater in Hermann Park. The Rice Young Republicans turned out about 200 Rice students who, together with local high school stud...

This study examined the effectiveness of teaching methods used with a second language reading and writing unit. This investigation addressed discrepancies between assessment scores in the four communicative language skill areas of students in beginning-level Spanish classes at a suburban middle school. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to explore how literacy-based practices that inclu...

Some of the students' problems in writing skill stem from inadequate preparation for the writing assignment. Students should be taught how to write well when they arrive in language classes. Having selected a topic, the students examine and explore the theme from as large a variety of viewpoints as their background and imagination make possible. Another strategy is that the students prepare an ...