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Bebeau, Deborah – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This quantitative, randomly controlled study sought to find relationships between occupational therapy students' participation in a virtual situated-case scenario (VSCS) and enhanced perceived self-efficacy as well as academic performance when compared to participation in a text-based case study. To determine effects of participation in a virtual…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Allied Health Occupations Education, Electronic Learning, Instructional Effectiveness
Mundine, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Nursing programs have embraced distance learning in their curricula, but discussion is ongoing about course assignments and grading criteria to increase examination scores in nursing distance learning courses. Because course examinations are a predictor of success on the postgraduate licensing examination (NCLEX-RN), the purpose of this study was…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Distance Education, Comparative Analysis, Assignments
Conroy, George – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This quantitative, quasi-experimental study examined the application of a business simulation against training in support of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Defining more effective training strategies is a critical concern for organizational leaders and stakeholders concerned by today's economic challenges. The scope of this…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Statistical Analysis, Training Methods, Educational Strategies
Abercrombie, Sara – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The case-based instructional method uses fictionalized or actual narratives as instructional tools to support learning, decision-making, and improved transfer to practical settings. Educational theorists and researchers specializing in case-based instruction have suggested that cases can be made more realistic, engaging, and challenging, thus…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Short Term Memory, Recall (Psychology), Long Term Memory
Brand, Lance G. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was three-fold: to measure the ability of the "Medical Explorers" case-based curriculum to improve higher order thinking skills; to evaluate the impact of the "Medical Explorers" case-based curriculum to help students be self directed learners; and to investigate the impact of the "Medical…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, High School Students, Secondary School Curriculum, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
Davenport, Richard W. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
A Department of Defense (DoD) M&S education task force is in the process of studying the Modeling and Simulation (M&S) education of the acquisition workforce. Historically, DoD acquisition workforce education is not referred to as education, but rather what the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) refers to as "practitioner training, career…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Validity, Program Effectiveness, Case Studies