As a vital twenty-first-century skill, the development of critical thinking (CT) is considered as one of the major goals of higher education. Identifying effective instructional approaches that can foster the acquisition and transfer of CT skills needed in the rapidly changing world of work has therefore been the focus of a large body of research. ...
Especially in higher education – but true for any setting – what students do within a learning environment determines their learning outcomes. Given that they regulate their own learning, students do not always act in accordance with the instructions and intentions of the designed learning environment, which in turn has implications for their learn...
Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) skills are receiving increased attention in the current workforce and in lifelong learning. In learning and labor contexts, successful teamwork is however not always guaranteed, due to several reasons, such as an unequal level of individual participation. Training in CPS for all groups is therefore needed. Howeve...
Published in Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice
Students are often encouraged to learn 'deeply' by abstracting generalizable principles from course content rather than memorizing details. So widespread is this perspective that Likert-style inventories are now routinely administered to students to quantify how much a given course or curriculum evokes deep learning. The predictive validity of thes...
Published in Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice
Deliberate reflection has been found to foster diagnostic accuracy on complex cases or under circumstances that tend to induce cognitive bias. However, it is unclear whether the procedure can also be learned and thereby autonomously applied when diagnosing future cases without instructions to reflect. We investigated whether general practice reside...
Published in TechTrends : for leaders in education & training
Colleges and Universities have a more diverse student body than ever before-this includes a growing number of students with disabilities. Many of these students are attracted to the flexibility and anonymity of learning online. However, research suggests that students with disabilities often face barriers learning online. Given this, we set out to ...
Published in BMC Nursing
Background Due to changing population, culturally diverse clients with different perceptions of illness and health are present in healthcare settings. Therefore, it is increasingly important for nursing students to have high levels of cultural competence in order to meet diverse client needs. A training program is essential to enhance students’ cul...
Published in Research and practice in technology enhanced learning
In this study, we investigated whether playing an escape room game after explicit instruction (instruction-first group, N = 20) is more effective to learn about copyright and media law than playing the game before explicit instruction (problem-solving-first group, N = 21). This is an important question as escape room games are complex, problem-base...
Presented during the ALA Core 2022 Interest Group Week / Library work requires constant learning, whether due to organizational change, new technologies, or evolving user needs. A learning organization “facilitates the learning of its members and continuously transforms itself” (Wikipedia). Teaching and learning new skills can be rewarding, but als...
Published in Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice
When physicians do not estimate their diagnostic accuracy correctly, i.e. show inaccurate diagnostic calibration, diagnostic errors or overtesting can occur. A previous study showed that physicians' diagnostic calibration for easy cases improved, after they received feedback on their previous diagnoses. We investigated whether diagnostic calibratio...
