| Students' inductive reasoning skills and the relevance of prior knowledge: an exploratory study with a computer-based training course on the topic of acne vulgaris. | |
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PMID: 21516599 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Background: The importance of inductive instruction in medical education is increasingly growing. Little is known about the relevance of prior knowledge regarding students' inductive reasoning abilities. Purpose: The purpose is to evaluate this inductive teaching method as a means of fostering higher levels of learning and to explore how individual differences in prior knowledge (high [HPK] vs. low [LPK]) contribute to students' inductive reasoning skills. Methods: Twenty-six LPK and 18 HPK students could train twice with an interactive computer-based training object to discover the underlying concept before doing the final comprehension check. Results: Students had a median of 76.9% of correct answers in the first, 90.9% in the second training, and answered 92% of the final assessment questions correctly. More important, 86% of all students succeeded with inductive learning, among them 83% of the HPK students and 89% of the LPK students. Conclusions: Prior knowledge did not predict performance on overall comprehension. This inductive instructional strategy fostered students' deep approaches to learning in a time-effective way. |
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Sabine Horn-Ritzinger; Johannes Bernhardt; Michael Horn; Josef Smolle |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Teaching and learning in medicine Volume: 23 ISSN: 1532-8015 ISO Abbreviation: Teach Learn Med Publication Date: 2011 Apr |
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Created Date: 2011-04-25 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8910884 Medline TA: Teach Learn Med Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 130-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. |
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