Guy E Hawkins, Brett K Hayes, Evan Heit
A dynamic model of reasoning and memory
Journal of experimental psychology. General
investigators sought clarify characteristics students selfidentified learning goals goals collected two schools categorized content themes specific general qualitatively associations learner characteristics distributions goals analyzed quantitatively investigators obtained 879 goals 290 students clinical skills frequently identified 89 followed medical knowledge 44 career choice 17 attitudinal goals 15 within clinical skills 12 subcategories emerged improving oral presentations criticalthinking ability common first six months 15 versus 7 p 05 16 versus 8 p 04 whereas management skills dominated second half academic year 18 versus 31 p 01 half students n 146 50 listed general goals specificity increase time students main goal acquiring clinical skills focus within clinical skills shifted advanced skills remained nonspecific