@article{0d9397465a994e9f999bf1ea61505395,
title = "A Tool for Helping Veterinary Students Learn Diagnostic Problem Solving",
abstract = "This study describes the result of implementing the Problem List Generator (PLG), a computer-based tool designed to help clinical pathology students learn diagnostic problem solving. Participants included 507 veterinary students: 173 in the treatment groups and 334 in the nontreatment (comparison) group. The comparison students did not use the PLG; one experimental group participated in PLG-based case-discussion sessions, and the other used the PLG both for case-discussion sessions and for homework. Both treatment groups scored significantly higher on the final exam (p = .001 and .000 respectively) than the comparison group. The findings suggest that student problem-solving ability improved because students identified all relevant data before attempting to provide a solution, and because student and expert solutions to identical problems were generated and compared using the same process.",
author = "Danielson, {Jared A.} and Bender, {Holly S.} and Mills, {Eric M.} and Vermeer, {Pamela J.} and Lockee, {Barbara B.}",
note = "Funding Information: All of the authors were at Virginia Tech during the development of the Problem List Generator (PLG), which was supported by the USDA Higher Education Challenge program and by Virginia Tech seed funding. The contents of this article were also partially developed under a grant from the Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnerships (LAAP), a program of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education. However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. The authors wish to thank John Burton for the key role he played in the design and development of the PLG, and Jimmie Fortune for his insightful review of early versions of this manuscript. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Jared Danielson, Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-1250.",
year = "2003",
doi = "10.1007/BF02504553",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "51",
pages = "63--81",
journal = "Educational Technology Research and Development",
issn = "1042-1629",
publisher = "Springer Boston",
number = "3",
}