Knowledge about accuracy, reliability and validity by pre-university students and science teachers (Chapter 2) CoE model 82 coe 47 relevant for evaluation arV in inquiries Conclusion 23 coe items relevant for evaluation arV in inquiry by novices Feasibility of revised instrument as self-evaluation instrument for pre-university students (Chapter 4) Design eQI instrument (ch.4) teaching-learning ...

Methods As part of an ongoing, mixed-method study of type 2 diabetes care, a survey was administered to patients of medical internists (MDs) and naturopathic physicians (NDs) from two conventional medical centers (VA and a teaching hospital), and a naturopathic teaching clinic and private naturopathic clinics in Portland, Oregon. Using previously validated scales, we measured patients’ ratings ...

In this proposal I describe a new kind of educational game architecture: the self-aware educational game. Instead of simply amplifying an educational game designer’s best guess at a teaching strategy, self-aware games will actively reason over uncertainty about how a subject should be taught, perform experiments, and meaningfully adapt to collected evidence on a global scale. Combining accepted...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To determine the effectiveness of informational audiotapes on self-care behaviors, state anxiety, and use of self-care behaviors; to describe the occurrence and intensity of common side effects in patients with breast cancer. DESIGN Randomized clinical trial. SETTING Outpatient chemotherapy clinics operated by a university center in a rural area. SAMPLE 70 women receivi...

This study was conducted to explore the effects of two countries model comparison program in Taiwan and Singapore in TIMSS database. The researchers used Multi-Group Hierarchical Linear Modeling techniques to compare the effects of two different country models and we tested our hypotheses on 4,046 Taiwan students and 4,599 Singapore students in 2007 at two levels: the class level and student (i...

Blood donor selection contributes to the safety of both the donor and the recipient. The objective of this study was to identify the number and causes of blood pre-donation deferrals at the Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM). A retrospective study was carried out to retrieve data regarding deferred blood donors at the HUSM in the year 2006. A total of 4,138 blood donors donated blood at ...

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate radiology teaching offered to junior doctors on general medical/surgical rotations, their preferences regarding teaching methods and self-directed learning tools, and their suggestions for improvement. METHODS: An online questionnaire involving all foundation programme doctors at Sunderland Royal Hospital was carried out. Quantitative analysis of preferences and free te...