Assessment drives learning: An unavoidable truth?

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 199-204

  Wormald, Benjamin W ^a   Schoeman, Scarpa ^a   Somasunderam, Arnold ^a   Penn, Michelle ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy education; Assessment; Learning; Weighting

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HUMAN; LEARNING STYLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING; SHORT SURVEY; STUDENT ATTITUDE; STUDENT RECRUITMENT;

ANATOMY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONDON; MOTIVATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 70849113200     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.102     Document Type: Article

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