Self-regulated learning (SRL) skills are essential for learning during school years, particularly in complex problem-solving domains, such as biology and math. Although a lot of studies have focused on the cognitive resources that are needed for learning to solve problems in a self-regulated way, affective and motivational resources have received much less research attention. The current study ...

Based on recent findings showing electrophysiological changes in adult language learners after relatively short periods of training, we hypothesized that adult Dutch learners of German would show responses to German gender and adjective declension violations after brief instruction. Adjective declension in German differs from previously studied morphosyntactic regularities in that the required ...

BACKGROUND A computer-based learning experience was developed using cognitive flexibility theory to overcome the pitfalls often encountered in existing medical education. An earlier study (not published) showed significant pretest-posttest increase in scores, as well as a significant positive correlation between choosing to complete the module individually or in pairs. METHOD This experience ...

BACKGROUND Comparing computer and internet based instruction with traditional giving lecture would provide enough evidence to identify best teaching practice. In this study, we compared lecture, interactive internet based and computer based learning regarding medical students' knowledge acquisition and satisfaction in teaching pathophysiology of hematology and oncology. METHODS Eighty four me...

Objective: To compare the knowledge and attitude regarding pubertal changes among pre - adolescent girls before and after the pubertal preparedness program (PPP) in experimental and comparison group. Materials and methods: A Quasi experimental (non- equivalent comparison group pretest posttest) design was adopted with 104pre-adolescentgirls (52 in each experimental and comparison group) of age ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study compared student knowledge gain from using a CD-ROM-based lecture only, from attending small-group seminars only, and from using a combination of both methodologies. METHODS During a required second-year case-based seminar about falls in the elderly, one third of the 96 second-year medical students were randomized into each of three study groups. One group...

BACKGROUND Blended learning as a method of learning that includes face to face learning, pure E-learning and didactic learning. This study aims to investigate the efficacy of medical education by this approach. METHODS This interventional study was performed in 130 students at different clinical levels participating in class sessions on "congenital adrenal hyperplasia and ambiguous genitalia"...

BACKGROUND In Spain, more than 50% of 60-year-olds are obese. Obesity is a disease with serious cardiovascular risks. The mortality rate for cardiovascular disease in Spain is 31.1%. OBJECTIVES To improve aerobic fitness, strength, flexibility and balance, and body composition (BC) in persons over 60 years old. MATERIALS AND METHODS A clinical intervention study of 24 participants was carri...

The objective of the study was to determine the effect of nutrition instruction, using the curriculum guides, Nutrition In A Changing World, A Curriculum for Junior High Health, and A Curriculum for Senior High Health, on improving the nutrition knowledge, selected food/nutrition attitudes, and dietary behavior of students enrolled in secondary level health courses. Three groups of students wer...

Research has shown that integration of visual and verbal information sources during learning promotes successful student outcomes. However, it is unclear whether it is better to provide students with integrated visual-verbal representations, or to require them to build such integrated representations themselves. In a classroom study, three conditions were used to explore the impact of integrate...