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Putting Teachers in the Loop: Tools for Creating and Customising Simulations

Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2004
: When designing learning materials, great emphasis is put on creating a 'definitive resource' - but this focus can often lead to the production of inflexible content which follows a fixed pedagogy and fails to cater to individual learning styles and ...
Ruth C. Thomas, Colin D. Milligan
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Driving lesson or driving test?: A metaphor to help faculty separate feedback from assessment

Perspectives on Medical Education, 2020
Although there is consensus in the medical education world that feedback is an important and effective tool to support experiential workplace-based learning, learners tend to avoid the feedback associated with direct observation because they perceive it ...
Paul L. P. Brand, A. Debbie C. Jaarsma, Cees P. M. van der Vleuten   +2 more
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A scoping review on the notions of Assessment as Learning (AaL), Assessment for Learning (AfL), and Assessment of Learning (AoL)

Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2021
Abstract Associations between assessment and learning are widely studied and often organized around the notions of Assessment as Learning (AaL), Assessment for Learning (AfL), and Assessment of Learning (AoL). Although these notions are appealing in theory, the notions are unclear constructs to comprehend, as both their definitions and their practice
Lonneke H. Schellekens, Harold G.J. Bok, Lubberta H. de Jong, Marieke F. van der Schaaf, Wim D.J. Kremer, Cees P.M. van der Vleuten   +5 more
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International Health Electives: defining learning outcomes for a unique experience

BMC Medical Education, 2023
Background An International Health Elective (IHE) can be a unique learning experience for students. However, it has proven difficult to clearly define learning outcomes that capture the complexity of an IHE and are aligned with future professional ...
M. A. C. Versluis, N. C. Jöbsis, A. D. C. Jaarsma, R. Tuinsma, R. Duvivier   +4 more
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The characteristics of chemistry test items on nationally-standardized school examination in Yogyakarta City

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education), 2021
This study aimed to describe the characteristics of chemistry test items in Nationally Standardized School Examination or Ujian Sekolah Berstandar Nasional (USBN), consisted of discrimination index, difficulty index, and question reliability.
Ummul Karimah, Heri Retnawati, Deni Hadiana, Pujiastuti Pujiastuti, Eri Yusron   +4 more
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Using keystroke logging to understand writers’ processes on a reading-into-writing test

Language Testing in Asia, 2017
Background Integrated reading-into-writing tasks are increasingly used in large-scale language proficiency tests. Such tasks are said to possess higher authenticity as they reflect real-life writing conditions better than independent, writing-only tasks.
Sathena Chan
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“You’re damned if you do, you’re damned if you don’t”: a qualitative exploration of parent motives for provision of mobile screen devices in early childhood

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Exploring parental motives for providing smartphones and tablets to young children is important to better understand ways to optimise healthy use of mobile screens in early childhood.
Sumudu R. Mallawaarachchi, Merrilyn Hooley, Wendy Sutherland-Smith, Sharon Horwood   +3 more
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Harmony or dissonance? The affordances of palliative care learning for emerging professional identity

Perspectives on Medical Education, 2020
Introduction Patient demographics demand physicians who are competent in and embrace palliative care as part of their professional identity. Published literature describes ways that learners acquire knowledge, skills and attitudes for palliative care ...
Frances Kilbertus, Rola Ajjawi, Douglas Archibald   +2 more
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Guidelines for Pediatric Radiotherapy Simulation: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group Radiation Oncology Discipline

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric radiation therapy presents unique challenges compared to adult treatments, including those of immobilization, potential need for sedation, and the critical importance of accurate, reproducible positioning. Additionally, heightened attention to imaging doses is necessary to minimize long‐term toxicity in survivors.
Parham Alaei, Stephen Mihalcik, Sujith Baliga, Young Kwok, Dana Casey, Eric Ehler, Christiane Burton, John C. Breneman, Daphne A. Haas‐Kogan, Suzanne L. Wolden, Arnold C. Paulino, Nadia N. Laack, Natia Esiashvili, Sarah Milgrom, Christine Hill‐Kayser, Thomas J. Fitzgerald, John A. Kalapurakal, Chia‐Ho Hua   +17 more
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A simulation-based curriculum to introduce key teamwork principles to entering medical students

BMC Medical Education, 2016
Background Failures of teamwork and interpersonal communication have been cited as a major patient safety issue. Although healthcare is increasingly being provided in interdisciplinary teams, medical school curricula have traditionally not explicitly ...
Arna Banerjee, Jason M. Slagle, Nathaniel D. Mercaldo, Ray Booker, Anne Miller, Daniel J. France, Lisa Rawn, Matthew B. Weinger   +7 more
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