| "Anatomizing" reversed: Use of examination questions that foster use of higher order learning skills by students. | |
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PMID: 21046570 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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"Anatomizing" is a new verb some use to describe the breaking apart of a complex entity such as the human body, into isolated tidbits of information for study, which can never equal the complex, integrated whole. Although popular with first-year medical students, this practice of "tidbitting" anatomical information into easy to memorize facts or tables of facts does not prepare medical students for the inevitable task of dealing with the integrated structure-function of the human body, both normal and diseased, as patient managers. Examination questions drive the cognitive methods students will use to learn content. Asking students on examinations for recall of previously memorized tidbits fosters the cognitive learning behavior of only memorization. Examination questions, however, can be constructed that assess student understanding and integration of the content, that is, student use of cognitive and metacognitive methods of higher order learning that will foster high-quality learning producing better practitioners and lifelong learners. This kind of efficient student learning needs to begin in the first year of medical school.Learning more efficiently and at deeper levels of understanding is especially pertinent as the contact hours in anatomy courses continue to decrease. |
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E Robert Burns |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Anatomical sciences education Volume: 3 ISSN: 1935-9780 ISO Abbreviation: Anat Sci Educ Publication Date: 2010 Nov-Dec |
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Created Date: 2010-11-24 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101392205 Medline TA: Anat Sci Educ Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 330-4 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, 72205, USA. burnsbob@uams.edu |
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