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Student-selected projects: can they enhance lifelong learning skills?
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Student-selected projects with clearly identified transferable skill objectives have been introduced in Year 1, to help students focus on developing their lifelong learning skills. This study aimed to assess the impact of this innovation on students ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002Jan
in Journal: Med Teach
(Language : eng)
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2002 Jan;24(1):41-4
Student-selected projects: can they enhance lifelong learning skills?
Whittle SR, Murdoch-Eaton DG
School of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, UK. s.r.whittle@leed.ac.uk
Student-selected projects with clearly identified transferable skill objectives have been introduced in Year 1, to help students focus on developing their lifelong learning skills. This study aimed to assess the impact of this innovation on students' perceptions of their skills, and to compare these views with those of students from the previous course. Students' views of their skill abilities were assessed by questionnaire at the beginning and end of the first year, and at the end of each project. Students report improvements, particularly in their IT and presentation skills, but an overall decrease in confidence in their transferable skills at the end of the year compared with the previous cohort. Students appear to recognize development of new skills, but seem less able to identify improvement in existing skills. Increased emphasis on skills development, together with practice of self-evaluation, has reduced students' self-confidence, probably to a more realistic level.
PMID : 12098456 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Sue R | Whittle | SR |
| Deborah G | Murdoch-Eaton | DG |
Affiliation: School of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, UK. s.r.whittle@leed.ac.uk
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