Using optimal combination of teaching-learning methods (open book assignment and group tutorials) as revision exercises to improve learning outcome in low achievers in biochemistry
| Autor: | Hanumanthappa Nandeesha, Medha Rajappa, R. Suryapriya, G. Revathy, Zachariah Bobby, B. Yuvaraj, M. Priyadarssini, Anithasri Ragul |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Cooperative learning
Educational measurement Teaching method education 05 social sciences Graduate medical education 050301 education Peer group Biochemistry Blended learning 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Problem-based learning 030212 general & internal medicine Set (psychology) Psychology 0503 education Molecular Biology |
| Zdroj: | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 44:321-325 |
| ISSN: | 1470-8175 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/bmb.20944 |
| Popis: | Graduate medical students of India are taught Biochemistry by didactic lectures and they hardly get any opportunity to clarify their doubts and reinforce the concepts which they learn in these lectures. We used a combination of teaching-learning (T-L) methods (open book assignment followed by group tutorials) to study their efficacy in improving the learning outcome. About 143 graduate medical students were classified into low ( 75%: group 3, n = 46) achievers, based on their internal assessment marks. After the regular teaching module on the topics "Vitamins and Enzymology", all the students attempted an open book assignment without peer consultation. Then all the students participated in group tutorials. The effects on the groups were evaluated by pre and posttests at the end of each phase, with the same set of MCQs. Gain from group tutorials and overall gain was significantly higher in the low achievers, compared to other groups. High and medium achievers obtained more gain from open book assignment, than group tutorials. The overall gain was significantly higher than the gain obtained from open book assignment or group tutorials, in all three groups. All the three groups retained the gain even after 1 week of the exercise. Hence, optimal use of novel T-L methods (open book assignment followed by group tutorials) as revision exercises help in strengthening concepts in Biochemistry in this oft neglected group of low achievers in graduate medical education. © 2016 by The International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 44(4):321-325, 2016. |
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