Comparison of discovery and didactic instruction in medical technology

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Title Comparison of discovery and didactic instruction in medical technology
Publication Type thesis
School or College School of Medicine
Department Biomedical Informatics
Author Hengesbaugh, Jean Susan Houger
Date 1979-08
Description A comparison of the effectiveness of discovery and didactic instruction in medical technology was done using twenty university sophomores and juniors. A pre- and post-test design was used. Two treatment groups received differing instructional strategies during discussions once a week with both groups receiving the same lecture material and laboratory competency requirements during a full quarter's work. The results indicate neither the didactic or discovery learning approach was more effective using group mean gain scores on the pre- and posttests and the final examination. The sophomores and juniors within each group also showed no significant differences on the pre- and posttests. An attitudinal rating scale distributed each week following the discussion period showed the students as having increased verbal participation, slightly increased frustration levels, increased interest, increased motivation for further study, and increased overall enjoyment of the discovery learning sessions compared to the didactic sessions.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Teacher/Student Roles; Study; Didactic Instruction
Subject MESH Technology, Medical; Teaching
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name MS
Language eng
Relation is Version of Digital reproduction of "A Comparison of discovery and didactic instruction in medical technology." Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library. Print version of "A Comparison of discovery and didactic instruction in medical technology available at J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections. R 117.5 1979 H45.
Rights Management © Jean Susan Houger Hengesbaugh.
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Source Original: University of Utah Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (no longer available).
Master File Extent 1,978,288 bytes
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6df6t2t
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