Virginia Deborah Elaine Welter, Merryn Dawborn-Gundlach, Leroy Großmann, Moritz Krell
Adapting a self-efficacy scale to the task of teaching scientific reasoning: collecting evidence for its psychometric quality using Rasch measurement
Frontiers in psychology
neuroanatomy comprehension keystone understanding intracranial surgeries traditionally taught students ex cathedra courses neuroanatomy described complex mixed reality mxr opens new perspectives learning process study aims compare mxrbased courses traditional ex cathedra lectures neuroanatomy education two lectures describing neuroanatomy anterior circulation arteries vascular lecture vs important white matter fiber tracts white fibers lecture wf designed delivered ex cathedra mxrbased formats audio content ninetyone medical students randomly assigned group ex cathedra wfmxr vs group b mxr wfex cathedra vs mxr content delivered via mxr goggles prior lecture students took 10item multiple choice question mcq pretest lectures students took 20item mcq posttest 75 neuroanatomy 25 clinical correlation pretest scores showed statistical difference groups median posttest scores increased 143 using mxrbased format compared ex cathedra format 1600 130 180 vs 140 110 170 respectively p 001 regarding vs students scored 217 better using mxr format compared ex cathedra format 140 120 160 vs 115 100 140 p 0001 concerning wf median score using mxr 180 170 190 median score using ex cathedra format 170 160 180 p 001 students showed high motivation learn neuroanatomy future using mxr 74 rather ex cathedra format 25 p 0001 mild discomfort using mxr goggles reported 483 participants participants 955 preferred mxrbased teaching students acquired better knowledge anatomy anterior circulation arteries white fiber tracts using mxrbased teaching compared standard ex cathedra format perception lecture quality learning motivation better using mxrbased teaching despite mild discomfort development mxrbased solutions promising improve neuroanatomy education