Instructional methods and cognitive and learning styles in web-based learning: Report of two randomised trials

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 897-905

  Cook, David A ^a   Gelula, Mark H ^b   Dupras, Denise M ^a   Schwartz, Alan ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

*cognition; *education, distance; *internet; Clinical competence *standards; Crossover studies; Education, medical *methods; Learning; Multicentre study publication type ; Randomised controlled trial publication type

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING STYLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INTERNET; LEARNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548178463     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2007.02822.x     Document Type: Article

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