Strategies to Improve Student Achievement

ISBN-13: 9783639141535 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 212 str.

Peter Ward

Opis

Most of us would be happy if our doctors recalled the majority of what they learned in school. However, the workload of professional school often force students to prepare for exams using methods that have very little potential for long-term recall. The purpose of this book is to explore the learning and teaching methods that most effectively to promote long-term recall by medical students. Through a quantitative analysis of student recall over a two-year period, this book gives general guidance to educators to develop their courses in ways that promote long-term recall rather than a binge-and-purge approach to study. In addition, through intensive case studies of successful and unsuccessful students, it assists students in finding a theri own way to master the material in their courses without sacrificing their understanding and recall. By using an integrated analysis this book presents a generalizable quantitative study of a class of students and how they studied over a two-year period along with a qualitative anaylsis that illuminates the non-generalizable factors that made learning effective for specific students.

O autorze

received his Ph.D. from Purdue University's School
of Veterinary Medicine in 2005. He is currently an assistant
professor of structural biology at the West Virginia School of
Osteopathic Medicine where he teaches gross anatomy, the
musculoskeletal system and medical history. He continues to
research ways to improve student learning.