SEARCH · Search PubMed
Search indexed PubMed citations on genomics, clinical trials, systematic reviews and public health. Explore titles, authors and supplied subject terms, then open the PubMed record.
Quote a phrase for an exact phrase match. Source license links do not imply unrestricted reuse.
The author describes the process of developing a computer-assisted instruction program with limited funds and resources. Development of the content of the program was done by the author. Grant funds were obtained to pay a programmer and purchase hardware and software. The author shares her personal experiences in this process and some of the challenges and pitfalls that were encountered.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
PURPOSE: This study was aimed to develop a WBI(Web Based Instruction) program on safety for 3rd grade elementary school students and to test the effects of it. METHOD: The WBI program was developed using Macromedia flash MX, Adobe Illustrator 10.0 and Adobe Photoshop 7.0. The web site was http://www.safeschool.co.kr. The effect of it was tested from Mar 24, to Apr 30, 2003. The subjects were 144 students enrolled in the 3rd grade of an elementary school in Gyungju. The experimental group received the WBI program lessons while each control group received textbook-based lessons with visual presenters and maps, 3 times. Data was analyzed with descriptive statistics, and chi2 test, t-test, and repeated measure ANOVA. RESULT: First, the WBI group reported a longer effect on knowledge and practice of accident prevention than the textbook-based lessons, indicating that the WBI is more effective. Second, the WBI group was better motivated to learn the accident prevention lessons, showing that the WBI is effective. As a result, the WBI group had total longer effects on knowledge, practice and motivation of accident prevention than the textbook-based instruction. CONCLUSION: We recommend that this WBI program be used in each class to provide more effective safety instruction in elementary schools.
Computer-aided learning (CAL), self-instructional programs provide an accessible, interactive, and flexible way of presenting curriculum material. In order to assess the effectiveness of CAL programs in dental education, a systematic review of the published literature comparing CAL with other teaching methods was performed. A systematic search of the published literature was performed. Articles formally assessed for inclusion had to meet the following criteria: randomized controlled trials comparing CAL with any other method of instruction, and the use of academically homogeneous dental students or dental professionals with objective, predefined outcome criteria measuring performance, time spent, and attitudes. The searches located a total of 1,042 articles; of these, only twenty-seven articles met the inclusion criteria. Further quality assessment identified twelve studies that were included in the final review. Five of the studies documented statistically significant differences in outcome measures (scores on multiple choice, written or oral tests, and clinical performance) favoring CAL over comparison group(s), while six revealed no statistically significant differences. One study documented a greater improvement in test scores in the seminar group over the CAL group. Participants' attitudes towards CAL in the included studies are also discussed. Our study concluded that CAL is as effective as other methods of teaching and can be used as an adjunct to traditional education or as a means of self-instruction.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
The purpose of this study was to implement and test the effectiveness of an instructional program designed to teach normal children about cerebral palsy. Presentation of the program to 17 first-grade children resulted in a significant increase in the students' knowledge of the disability, compared to that of a control group. Implications of these results for physical and occupational therapists involved in facilitating placement of handicapped children into the least restrictive environment were discussed.
Previous studies relating the efficacy of various teaching methods to student achievement levels have yielded conflicting results. This study compares programmed instruction in pathology with conventional instruction for students exhibiting different levels of academic achievement, as measured by undergraduate GPA. The results of this study reveal that no significant difference in examination performance exists regardless of the teaching method employed when achievement level is considered.
A multimedia system used as an auxiliary didactic tool for teaching medical genetics, HGEN, is based on non-linear programmed instruction and multimedia. HGEN was implemented in layers for PC compatible using MULTIMEDIA TOOLBOOK and DELPHI. It includes basic medical genetics concepts (inheritance patterns and cytogenetics) and it is based on multiple choice questions with images, diagrams and animations. The student-program interaction occurs by choosing an alternative in a question and receiving a specific answer as feedback and additional information. Links send the students to a glossary, to short descriptions of diseases used as examples, or to references for further studies. In order to evaluate the performance of the HGEN the authors used two questionnaires: (a) about the students' background in using computers; and (b) the system efficiency as a didactic tool, the software quality and user satisfaction. HGEN was used by 63 students from three medical schools and it was considered efficient as a learning tool (100%). Furthermore the implementation of a navigation map for frequencies analysis of followed path enable the study to detect structure and content inadequacies that could be correct for version 1.1 and proved to be an efficient tool to optimize a didactic software.
UNLABELLED: Home apnea/bradycardia monitoring was widely used in the 80s and 90s in the hope that Sudden Infant Death (SID) could be prevented. As no evidence could be found in favor of this hypothesis, HM today is restricted to symptomatic preterm infants, infants with cardiorespiratory problems and infants after an apparent life threatening event (ALTE). HM can impose substantial stress on families, especially mothers. We introduced an intensive counseling program (IC) for home monitoring and evaluated its effects, using a questionnaire. The control group consisted of families who were using a home monitor before the IC program was instituted, and were instructed according to the standard protocol given by the "Austrian SIDS-Consensus". The IC program consisted of standard monitor instruction as well as instruction in infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and was extended by providing intensive support at the beginning and throughout the monitoring period with special regard to the monitor weaning phase. RESULTS: Fifty-eight percent of the 90 questionnaires of the IC-families and 66% of the 70 questionnaires of the control families were returned. Home monitoring was considered to be reassuring by more than 60% of the families. We found the following differences between the two groups: parents taking part in the IC program liked the instruction better, were less stressed by the monitor and reacted less aggressively to monitor alarms. They used the monitor predominantly during sleeping periods and for a shorter period of time (6 vs. 7 1/2 months). IC could not reduce SID related anxiety or change the feelings associated with the use of the home monitor. CONCLUSION: Intensive counseling leads to a better use of home monitoring and reduces parents' stress. Even if home monitoring is used less frequently today, families should still be instructed and counselled intensively.