BACKGROUND Feedback delivery within a Problem Based Learning tutorial is a key activity for facilitators in order to enhance student learning. The purpose of this study was to explore students' experiences of feedback delivery in a PBL tutorial and use this information to design a feasible facilitator feedback delivery guide. METHODS It was an exploratory qualitative study in which individual...

PROBLEM Constraints on time and resources prevented first- and second-year medical students from having sufficient time to complete required tasks in standardized patient (SP) communication skills training sessions, and to appreciate the SP character as a "person." Case believability was limited by having each individual SP portray multiple patients in different encounters. APPROACH In 2010, ...

Participants were observed while searching and browsing the internet for campaign information in a mock-voting situation in three online note-taking conditions: No Notes, Private Notes, and Shared Notes. Note taking significantly influenced the manner in which participants browsed for information about candidates. Note taking competed for time and cognitive resources and resulted in less thorou...

Both electronic note-taking (typing) and traditional note-taking (handwriting) are being utilized by college students to retain information. The effects of the method of notetaking and note-taking context were examined to determine if handwriting or typing notes and whether a lecture context or a textbook-reading context influenced retention. Pitzer College and Scripps College students were ass...

in today’s world, one of the cities’ major challenges is the crisis of the built environment quality. as the urban design group discussed, urban management (local authorities) actors are kind of urban designers who unconsciously affect the quality of urban environment by their decisions. non-formal education and in-service training programs are effective methods to qualify staff for making deci...