The effect of longterm vs shortterm tutors on the quality of the tutorial process and student performance

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-126

  Curet, Myriam J ^a   Mennin, Stewart P ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term; Problem based learning; Quality of tutorial; Short term; Student performance; Tutor

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESPONSE TIME; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING; THINKING; TIME; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; NEW MEXICO; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542496317     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024991128083     Document Type: Article

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