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Measuring learning using an untrained control group: comment on R. Reber and Perruchet.

R. Reber and Perruchet (this issue) argue that use of control groups without training is unsound for establishing that learning has occurred. We show that inferring learning from a difference between a trained group and an untrained control in no way ...
Zoltán Dienes, Gerry Altmann (Q J Exp Psychol A, 200301)
measuring-learning-untrained-control-group-comment-r-reber-perruchet.asp

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Guidelines for developing and implementing humor in nursing classrooms.

The three teachers in this study selected many types of humor to exemplify their points. To avoid predictability, they varied their humor presentation styles and frequency by using simple cartoons projected on a screen, jokes and stories, and songs and ...
Joan Kay Ulloth (J Nurs Educ, 200301)
guidelines-developing-implementing-humor-nursing-classrooms.asp

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Reflection: a casualty of modularisation?

INTRODUCTION: The use of reflection in nursing and midwifery is well-established and reflective skills are taught on both pre- and post-registration courses as a way of integrating theory and practice, and of developing students critical and analytical ...
Kate Cadman, Elaine Clack, Zena Lethbridge, Jennifer Millward, Jenny Morris, Rachel Redwood (Nurse Educ Today, 200301)
reflection-casualty-modularisation.asp

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An evaluation of nurses clinical teaching role in Turkey.

A study of 91 nurses in Hacettepe University Adult Hospital in Turkey investigated how effective clinical nursing teaching was and analyzed the reasons for their teaching performance. Questionnaires about patient care, management, research, and teaching ...
Gulen Addis, Ayise Karadag (Nurse Educ Today, 200301)
evaluation-nurses-clinical-teaching-role-turkey.asp

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Medical students perceptions of their housestaffs ability to teach physical examination skills.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the amount of time housestaff spent at the bedside on physical examination skills with third-year medical students and whether housestaff enhanced physical examination skills. METHOD: All Albert Einstein College of Medicine students ...
Miriam A Smith, Tracy Gertler, Katherine Freeman (Acad Med, 200301)
medical-students-perceptions-housestaffs-ability-teach-physical.asp

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Didactic teaching conferences for IM residents: who attends, and is attendance related to medical certifying examination scores?

PURPOSE: Didactic teaching conferences are a cornerstone of residents training in internal medicine, yet these programs have received little formal evaluation. This study determines the factors associated with residents attendance at didactic teaching ...
John D FitzGerald, Neil S Wenger (Acad Med, 200301)
didactic-teaching-conferences-im-residents-who-attends-attendance.asp

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Effectiveness and student perceptions of standardized radiology clerkship lectures: a comparison between resident and attending radiologist performances.

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The authors objective in this study was to determine whether radiology residents can effectively substitute for attending radiologists in delivering standardized lectures to medical students, without a decline in student ...
Jac D Scheiner, Martha B Mainiero (Acad Radiol, 200301)
effectiveness-student-perceptions-standardized-radiology-clerkship.asp

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Causal beliefs and conditioned responses: retrospective revaluation induced by experience and by instruction.

The author tested causal beliefs and conditioned responses in a task involving retrospective revaluation of the causal status of a target cue with respect to electric shock. Successful revaluation was observed on both self-report shock expectancy and ...
Peter F Lovibond (J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn, 200301)
causal-beliefs-conditioned-responses-retrospective-revaluation.asp

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University of Wyoming, College of Engineering, undergraduate design projects to aid Wyoming persons with disabilities.

In Spring 2002 the University of Wyoming received NSF funding from the Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Systems to provide a meaningful design experience for University of Wyoming, College of Engineering students that will directly aid ...
Steven F Barrett, Kathy M Laurin, Janet K Chidester Bloom (Biomed Sci Instrum, 2003)
university-wyoming-college-engineering-undergraduate-design-projects.asp

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Teaching philosophy of science in nursing doctoral education.

PURPOSE: To explore the teaching and learning process regarding philosophy of science and to offer creative recommendations based on classroom experience. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK: Deweys writings about intelligence, deliberation, and critical reflection; ...
Janie Bond Butts, Karen Saucier Lundy (J Nurs Scholarsh, 2003)
teaching-philosophy-science-nursing-doctoral-education.asp