Psychology, Educational

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Developing deep learning approaches and personal teaching efficacy within a preservice teacher education context.

BACKGROUND: University students approaches to learning have been demonstrated to affect learning outcomes across a wide range of courses, favouring the use of a deep approach. Interventions to promote the use of deep approaches have had mixed success, ...
Christopher Gordon, Ray Debus (Br J Educ Psychol, 200212)
developing-deep-learning-approaches-personal-teaching-efficacy.asp

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Effects of an intervention in active strategies for text comprehension and recall.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of an intervention program to promote active text-processing strategies (main-idea identification and summarization) at two developmental levels (12- and 16-year-olds). The independent variables were ...
M Rosa Elosúa, Juan A García-Madruga, Francisco Gutiérrez, Juan Luis Luque, Milagros Gárate (Span J Psychol, 200211)
effects-intervention-active-strategies-text-comprehension-recall.asp

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Maximizing learning among students from culturally diverse backgrounds.

As student diversity in the classroom increases, it is imperative that faculty use a variety of teaching methods. Although culture generally focuses on ethnicity, diversity can be defined by numerous student characteristics and other factors related to ...
Rhea P Williams, Evelyn R Calvillo (Nurse Educ, 200209-10)
maximizing-learning-students-culturally-diverse-backgrounds.asp

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Literary pedagogy in nursing: a theory-based perspective.

Using fictional and autobiographical literature in nursing education is a primary way of understanding patients lived experiences and fostering development of essential relational and reflective thinking skills. Application of literary theory to this ...
Jurate A Sakalys (J Nurs Educ, 200209)
literary-pedagogy-nursing-theory-based-perspective.asp

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Using "concept sorting" to study learning processes and outcomes.

PURPOSE: First, to evaluate "concept sorting" as a tool for assessing knowledge organization in the memories of first-year medical students, and second, to study the relationship between knowledge organization and examination performance. METHOD: During ...
Kevin McLaughlin, Henry Mandin (Acad Med, 200208)
concept-sorting-study-learning-processes-outcomes.asp

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Thinking styles and modes of thinking: implications for education and research.

The author investigated the relationship of thinking styles to modes of thinking. Participants were 371 freshmen (aged 18 and 19) from the University of Hong Kong. Participants responded to the Thinking Styles Inventory (R. J. Sternnberg & R. K. Wagner, ...
Li-Fang Zhang (J Psychol, 200205)
thinking-styles-modes-thinking-implications-education-research.asp

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Gaining the most from your tutor.

The transition to university education can prove a difficult one for nursing students, especially if they are unsure of how best to work with an academic tutor. Tutors roles are not the same as those of school teachers or college nurse education ...
Bob Price (Nurs Stand, 2002036-12)
gaining-your-tutor.asp

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1.2 Cognition and learning.

This theme is concerned with the relevance and efficacy of educational methods adopted in dental schools while recognizing the influence of geopolitical issues in different countries and regions. Particular emphasis will be given to examples of best ...
Eva Falk-Nilsson, Damien Walmsley, Mark Brennan, Deborah M Fournier, Birgit Junfin Glass, Karl Haden, Henk Kersten, Laura Neumann, Grace Ong Hui Lian, Kerstin Petersson (Eur J Dent Educ, 2002)
cognition-learning.asp