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Moust, Jos C.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Higher Education, 1994
A study at the University of Maastricht (Netherlands) law school found that students (n=200) tutored by other students showed improved academic achievement as high as those (n=207) taught by staff tutors. Data were gathered from overall assessment of essay question responses and a more elaborate propositional analysis of a sample of responses.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Schmidt, Henk G.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1993
A study of 336 staff-led, problem-based tutorial groups in a European university health sciences program found that students who were tutored by subject-matter experts achieved somewhat better and spent more time on self-directed learning. In addition, tutoring skill and content knowledge were important in effective tutoring. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, Foreign Countries, Group Instruction
Schmidt, Henk G.; Moust, Jos H. C. – 1995
This study tested a causal model of the influence of tutor behavior on student achievement and interest in the context of problem-based learning. Data were gathered from 524 tutorial groups involving students in the health sciences curriculum at the University of Limburg in the Netherlands during 1992-93. Correlations among the 261 tutors' social…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, Causal Models, College Faculty