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Preparation For Medical School via an Intensive Summer Program for Future Doctors: A Pilot Study of Student Confidence and Reasoning Skills

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Musick, David W.; Ray, Richard H. – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016

A medical school conducted a summer pre-matriculation program. The program provided basic sciences content comparable to first year medical student instruction along with clinical and other learning experiences. The study purpose was to examine self-confidence levels and reasoning skills of a single cohort of students. We examined the association…

Descriptors: Medical Schools, Medical Students, Summer Programs, Pilot Projects

Measuring News Media Literacy

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Maksl, Adam; Ashley, Seth; Craft, Stephanie – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2015

News media literacy refers to the knowledge and motivations needed to identify and engage with journalism. This study measured levels of news media literacy among 500 teenagers using a new scale measure based on Potter's model of media literacy and adapted to news media specifically. The adapted model posits that news media literate individuals…

Descriptors: Media Literacy, Information Skills, Knowledge Level, Motivation Techniques

Psychometric Analysis of the NLS and the High School and Beyond Test Batteries. A Study of Excellence in High School Education: Educational Policies, School Quality, and Student Outcomes. Contractor Report.

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Rock, Donald A.; And Others – 1985

The Educational Testing Service (ETS) was contracted by the National Center for Education Statistics to investigate changes in tested achievement using cross-sectional comparisons between the 1972 National Longitudinal Study (NLS) seniors and the 1980 High School and Beyond (HSB) senior cohort. The ETS is also responsible for estimating the extent…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cohort Analysis, Comparative Testing, Ethnicity