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Direct linkSchmidt, Henk G.; Mamede, Silvia – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2020
In this article, the contributions of cognitive psychology to research and development of medical education are assessed. The cognitive psychology of learning consists of activation of prior knowledge while processing new information and elaboration on the resulting new knowledge to facilitate storing in long-term memory. This process is limited…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Medical Education, Educational Research, Educational Change
Kamp, Rachelle J. A.; van Berkel, Henk J. M.; Popeijus, Herman E.; Leppink, Jimmie; Schmidt, Henk G.; Dolmans, Diana H. J. M. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2014
Even though peer process feedback is an often used tool to enhance the effectiveness of collaborative learning environments like PBL, the conditions under which it is best facilitated still need to be investigated. Therefore, this study investigated the effects of individual versus shared reflection and goal setting on students' individual…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Peer Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Problem Based Learning
Van Blankenstein, Floris M.; Dolmans, Diana H. J. M.; Van der Vleuten, Cees P. M.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2013
This study set out to test whether relevant prior knowledge would moderate a positive effect on academic achievement of elaboration during small-group discussion. In a 2 × 2 experimental design, 66 undergraduate students observed a video showing a small-group problem-based discussion about thunder and lightning. In the video, a teacher asked…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Academic Achievement, Small Group Instruction, Discussion Groups
Sockalingam, Nachamma; Schmidt, Henk G. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2013
This study investigated the relationship between problem familiarity and students' learning in a problem-based course. Problem familiarity in this study refers to the extent to which a problem fits with students' prior knowledge and experiences. As part of regular course work, 172 students were given two problems on different occasions.…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Problem Based Learning, Prior Learning, Educational Experience
Schaap, Lydia; Schmidt, Henk G.; Verkoeijen, Peter P. J. L. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to gain insight into determinants of knowledge growth among first-year psychology students in a curriculum that uses the Progress Test (an assessment method for long-term retention of knowledge and knowledge growth) as its main assessment tool. To that end, the relation between the level of initial learning, prior…
Descriptors: Psychology, Problem Based Learning, Student Evaluation, Summative Evaluation
Dolmans, Diana H. J. M.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2006
Students collaborating in small groups is a characteristic of problem-based learning (PBL) that is receiving increased consideration in the literature. In this paper findings from studies in this area are synthesized and discussed. A distinction is made between studies focusing on cognitive effects of group learning and studies focusing on…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Problem Based Learning, Prior Learning, Teaching Methods
Download full textSchmidt, Henk G.; Moust, Jos H. C. – 1998
This paper examines research on students' learning in small tutorial groups, highlighting: (1) cognitive processes elicited by small group discussion and their effects on achievement; and (2) the influence of tutors on student learning. The studies examined problem based learning (PBL) in small groups in high schools and universities. Researchers…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Foreign Countries, Group Discussion
