This monograph describes an empirical study with the overall aim of producing insights about how students experience the subject Computer Science and its learning environments, particularly programming and software engineering. The research takes a start in the students’ world, from their perspective, using their stories, and hence, we have chosen a phenomenographic approach for our research. B...

BACKGROUND Patient chart review is the gold standard for detection of potential patient hazards (i.e. medication errors or failure to follow up actionable results) in both routine clinical care and patient safety research. However, advanced medical students' ability to read patient charts and to identify patient hazards is rather poor. We therefore investigated whether it is possible to teach a...

The question of how to best design an online course that promotes student-centred learning is an area of on-going research. This mixed-methods study focused on a section of advanced high school students, in college-level mathematics courses, that used a synchronous online environment mediated over web-conferencing software, and whether the affordance of multiple communication channels and stude...

The number of patients with HIV/AIDS who receive dental care is increasing. This study was undertaken to gain a better understanding of the attitudes of dentists enrolled in postgraduate training toward AIDS and homosexuals. Each respondent received a 500-word patient case vignette and two scales for recording impressions of the person described in the vignette. There were four vignettes, ident...

The aim of the present study was to determine whether a significant relationship exists between a student's college (Allied Health, Arts and Science, Education, and Graduate School) and achievement in an advanced-level course in human physiology (PGY 412G). The mean percentage of correct answers on four multiple-choice tests, collectively totaling 400 points, was used to assess each student's p...

Many undergraduates have limited experience reading scientific primary literature, although the ability to read and evaluate this form of information is crucial for their success in graduate school, medical school, or in the scientific work force. For those students who do gain exposure to primary literature, their early encounters can often be bewildering and humbling. When reading articles on...

BACKGROUND Much research has been devoted to understanding cognitive correlates of elementary mathematics performance, but little such research has been done for advanced mathematics (e.g., modern algebra, statistics, and mathematical logic). AIMS To promote mathematical knowledge among college students, it is necessary to understand what factors (including cognitive factors) are important fo...

thought learned science concepts more readily if concrete objects were used. However, students still in the the concrete stage failed to comprehend these ideas despite the use of models. Activities also may be too simple; Inskeep (1972) cautioned against the overuse of manipulation after the students were capable of abstract reasoning. Necessity of Social Interaction Piaget viewed social intera...

objective: in this trial, we intend to assess the effect of simulation-based education approach on advanced cardiovascular life support skills among medical students. methods: through convenient sampling method, 40 interns of mashhad university of medical sciences in their emergency medicine rotation (from september to december 2012) participated in this study. advanced cardiovascular life supp...