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ERIC Number: EJ643857
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
"It's Harder Than We Thought It Would Be": A Comparative Case Study of Expert-Novice Experimentation Strategies.
Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E.; Nagarajan, Anandi; Day, Roger S.
Science Education, v86 n2 p219-43 Mar 2002
Compares a group of expert cancer researchers with four groups of fourth year medical students (the "novice" groups) engaged in the task of designing a clinical trial to test a new cancer drug using a computer-based modeling tool, the Oncology Thinking Cap. (Contains 24 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Inquiry, Medical Education, Science Instruction, Science Process Skills, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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