Computer-Assisted Instruction

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Practice distribution in procedural skills training: a randomized controlled trial.

BACKGROUND: "Massed" and "distributed" practice are important concepts in the acquisition of fine motor skills, and may be important in training in procedural skills. METHODS: A total of 41 novice subjects were recruited and randomized to three groups to ...
S Mackay, P Morgan, V Datta, A Chang, A Darzi (Surg Endosc, 200206)
practice-distribution-procedural-skills-training-randomized.asp

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Multimedia comprehension skill predicts differential outcomes of web-based and lecture courses.

College students (134 women and 55 men) participated in introductory psychology courses that were offered largely online (on the World Wide Web) or in a lecture format. Student comprehension skills were inferred from their scores on a multimedia ...
William S Maki, Ruth H Maki (J Exp Psychol Appl, 200206)
multimedia-comprehension-skill-predicts-differential-outcomes-web.asp

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Teaching cytopathology to second-year medical students. An interactive, case-based approach.

OBJECTIVE: To develop and implement an electronic, interactive, case-based cytopathology educational system for second-year medical students. STUDY DESIGN: Ten different learning modules, corresponding to various organ systems in pathology and ...
David M Steinberg, Theresa Y Chan, Joan A Freedman, L Allan Grimm, Luke Ling, Harold P Lehmann, Frances H Burroughs, Dorothy L Rosenthal, Syed Z Ali (Acta Cytol, 200205-06)
teaching-cytopathology-second-year-medical-students-interactive-case.asp

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A model nursing computer resource center.

Nursing graduates are required to demonstrate computer technology skills and critical reflective thinking skills in the workplace. The authors discuss a model computer resource center that enhances the acquisition of these requisite skills by students in ...
Sheryl S Mueller, Richard L Pullen, K Sue McGee (Nurse Educ, 200205-06)
model-nursing-computer-resource-center.asp

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Web-based orthodontic instruction and assessment.

Orthodontic records-study models, panoramic and cephalometric radiographs, and the patients facial and intraoral photographs-are used to collect data to establish a diagnosis and to develop problem-solution lists. These records, however, can be damaged ...
Ruangrat Komolpis, Richard A Johnson (J Dent Educ, 200205)
web-based-orthodontic-instruction-assessment.asp

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Web-based experiments controlled by JavaScript: an example from probability learning.

JavaScript programs can be used to control Web experiments. This technique is illustrated by an experiment that tested the effects of advice on performance in the classic probability-learning paradigm. Previous research reported that people tested via ...
Michael H Birnbaum, Sandra V Wakcher (Behav Res Methods Instrum Comput, 200205)
web-based-experiments-controlled-javascript-example-probability.asp

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Teaching medical students exposure therapy for phobia/panic - randomized, controlled comparison of face-to-face tutorial in small groups vs. solo computer instruction.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the teaching value of one session of computer-guided solo instruction in exposure therapy for phobias with that of one face-to-face small-group tutorial. DESIGN: Non-blind, randomized, controlled study. SETTING: Kings College ...
Michael McDonough, Isaac M Marks (Med Educ, 200205)
teaching-medical-students-exposure-therapy-phobia-panic-randomized.asp

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Orthodontic undergraduate education: developments in a modern curriculum.

This paper explores some modern concepts of teaching and learning, including cognitive theory, the zone of proximal development, constructivism, andragogy and learning styles and describes how they have informed the development of an undergraduate ...
Stephen M Chadwick, David R Bearn, Alan C Jack, Kevin D OBrien (Eur J Dent Educ, 200205)
orthodontic-undergraduate-education-developments-modern-curriculum.asp

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A prospective, randomized controlled study of computer-assisted learning in parasitology.

PURPOSE: To compare, using a prospective, randomized controlled study, three methods of teaching a medical school parasitology course: computer-based instruction, traditional lecture-based instruction, and a combination of computer-based and ...
T Samuel Shomaker, Daniel J Ricks, Devon C Hale (Acad Med, 200205)
prospective-randomized-controlled-study-computer-assisted-learning.asp

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Computer-mediated interdisciplinary teams: theory and reality.

The benefit of experience, tempered with the wisdom of hindsight and 5 years of text-based, asynchronous, computer-mediated, interdisciplinary team communications, provides the energy, insights and data shared in this article. Through the theoretical ...
Kerryellen Vroman, Joann Kovacich (J Interprof Care, 200205)
computer-mediated-interdisciplinary-teams-theory-reality.asp