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Can advising lead to meaningful relationships?

Schools have increasingly implemented advising programs as a means of linking students with caring adults. Although this approach is promising, its success depends on adequate funding; the full commitment of administration, staff, and parents; and a ...
Nancy Rappaport (New Dir Youth Dev, 2002SPRING)
advising-lead-meaningful-relationships.asp

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Thinking about learning: implications for principle-based professional education.

The understanding of teaching and learning in medical education has increased to improve medical education at all levels. Selected approaches to understanding learning provide a basis for eliciting principles that may inform and guide educational ...
Karen V Mann (J Contin Educ Health Prof, 2002SPRING)
thinking-learning-implications-principle-based-professional-education.asp

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The teacher and learner interactive assessment system (TeLIAS): a new tool to assess teaching behaviors in the ambulatory setting.

BACKGROUND: There are no objective tools to assess ambulatory teaching, an increasingly important component of medical education. PURPOSE: To develop and describe an objective ambulatory teaching tool. METHODS: Exactly 30 consecutive ambulatory teaching ...
Jeffrey L Jackson, Patrick G OMalley, Stephen M Salerno, Kurt Kroenke (Teach Learn Med, 2002FALL)
teacher-learner-interactive-assessment-system-telias-new-tool-assess.asp

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Using animation to help students learn computer algorithms.

This paper compares the effects of graphical study aids and animation on the problem-solving performance of students learning computer algorithms. Prior research has found inconsistent effects of animation on learning, and we believe this is partly ...
Richard Catrambone, A Fleming Seay (Hum Factors, 2002FALL)
animation-help-students-learn-computer-algorithms.asp

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The effects of a public address system on the off-task behavior of elementary physical education students.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of teacher feedback delivered via a public address system on the off-task behavior of elementary-school physical education students. A multiple baseline design across three classes was used in this ...
Stu Ryan, Tom Ormond, Charles Imwold, Rob J Rotunda (J Appl Behav Anal, 2002FALL)
effects-public-address-system-off-task-behavior-elementary-physical.asp

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Productivity vs. training in primary care: analysis of hospitals and health centers in New York City.

This paper examines the indirect costs of primary care residency in terms of ambulatory care site productivity and the influence of graduate medical education (GME) subsidies on the employment of primary care residents. Using a sample of hospitals and ...
Derek DeLia, Joel C Cantor, Elaine Duck (Inquiry, 2002FALL)
productivity-vs-training-primary-care-analysis-hospitals-health.asp

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Rural Nebraska elementary school educators teach nutrition concepts.

The purpose of this study was to determine if differences exist in the teaching of nutrition to students in grades one to four in rural (less than 10,000 population); midsized (10,000 to 99,999); and urban (100,000 or more) counties in Nebraska. Surveys ...
H Darlene Pohlman, Judy A Driskell (J Rural Health, 2002FALL)
rural-nebraska-elementary-school-educators-teach-nutrition-concepts.asp

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Assessment of mand selection for functional communication training packages.

We evaluated the effects of training novel and existing mands during functional communication training (FCT) to decrease problem behavior for 2 children. A functional analysis (Phase 1) identified mands for FCT. Phase 2 used distinct stimulus conditions ...
Lisa Winborn, David P Wacker, David M Richman, Jennifer Asmus, Deb Geier (J Appl Behav Anal, 2002FALL)
assessment-mand-selection-functional-communication-training-packages.asp

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The osmotic gradient in kidney medulla: a retold story.

This article is an attempt to simplify lecturing about the osmotic gradient in the kidney medulla. In the model presented, the kidneys are described as a limited space with a positive interstitial hydrostatic pressure. Traffic of water, sodium, and urea ...
S Kurbel, K Dodig, R Radic (Adv Physiol Educ, 200212)
osmotic-gradient-kidney-medulla-retold-story.asp

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Evolution of a student model-building program.

We describe the design and development of a highly interactive model-building program to assist students from a diverse range of academic backgrounds to understand the baroreceptor reflex. Our approach is to have students work in small groups to ...
Debbi A Weaver, Robert E Kemm, Tom Petrovic, Tony Gilding, Peter J Harris, Lea Delbridge (Adv Physiol Educ, 200212)
evolution-student-model-building-program.asp