PURPOSE The goal of this study was to assess student perceptions of effective small group teaching during preclinical training in a medical school that promotes an integrated, systems-based undergraduate curriculum. In particular, students were asked to comment on small group goals, effective tutor behaviours, pedagogical materials and methods of evaluation. METHODS Six focus groups were held...

A teaching skill essential for all medical educators is small group competence. Lack of it can never have been more damaging: medical teachers have now to promote active learning, for which small group methods are optimal. The only kind of medical student now needed is an activated one, equipped for independent lifelong learning and teamwork; current educational innovation, such as problem base...

Discrete groups of isometries provide a rich class of groups for detailed study in an undergraduate course in abstract algebra. After developing some geometric tools, we illustrate several important ideas from group theory via symmetry groups. In particular, we consider conjugation, homomorphisms, normal and nonnormal subgroups, generators and relations, quotient groups and direct and semidirec...

The emerging technology of neuroimaging may contribute to personalized learning, the adaptation of teaching methods to individual learning needs. In order to proceed with this application in a socially responsible way, it is necessary to carefully consider the practice of education during the innovation process. In this chapter we discuss the results of focus groups in which we reflected on the...

The use of game design techniques in a non-gaming context or ‘gamification’ [6]offers the promise to make education more motivating and more enjoyable to students. This study reports on both the design and evaluation of gameful class (N= 17) that incorporates a variety of game design techniques through an online application named ‘Gradequest’. The course was evaluated using three methods. First...

introduction: the aim of this study was to compare the effects of lecture and teaching terminology methods on learning anatomy in radiology students. methods: fifty freshmen were randomly divided into two groups: control and experimental. the control group was taught through traditional method and the experimental group via teaching anatomy concepts and terminologies. students were evaluated th...

Group teaching is a necessary method to develop pianist. Make sure the students in group do correct cooperative practice, guiding flexibly grasp physical control during performance and accurately judge piano timbre of great significance for improving efficiency. To more comprehensively predict factors that may affect teaching, addition analyzing explaining causal relationship between individual...