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Rae, Guenevere; Cork, R. John; Karpinski, Aryn C.; Swartz, William J. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to design a one-hour brain dissection protocol for a medical neuroscience course and evaluate the short and long-term effects of its implementation on medical students. First-year medical students (n = 166) participated in a brain dissection activity that included dissection of the basal nuclei and associated deep…
Descriptors: Brain, Laboratory Experiments, Scores, Pretests Posttests
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Chang, Ting-Wen; Kinshuk; Chen, Nian-Shing; Yu, Pao-Ta – Computers & Education, 2012
This study investigates the effects of successive and simultaneous information presentation methods on learner's visual search ability and working memory load for different information densities. Since the processing of information in the brain depends on the capacity of visual short-term memory (VSTM), the limited information processing capacity…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Information Processing, Teaching Methods, Correlation
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Battro, Antonio M.; Fischer, Kurt W. – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2012
Computers are everywhere, and they are transforming the human world. The technology of computers and the Internet is radically changing the ways that people learn and communicate. In the midst of this technology-driven revolution people need to examine the changes to analyze how they are altering interaction and human culture. The changes have…
Descriptors: Conflict, Interaction, Longitudinal Studies, Internet
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This document contains the second volume of the proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Conference presentations are centered around the theme "Mathematics at the Centre." This volume features 60 research reports by presenters with last names beginning between Abr…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Middle Schools, Textbooks