13 research outputs found
Case Study Teaching Method Improves Student Performance and Perceptions of Learning Gains
The development and implications of a case-based computer program to train ethical decision-making
Academic nursing leadership in the U.S.: a case study of competition, compromise and moral courage
Investigating the Relationship between Instructors’ Use of Active-Learning Strategies and Students’ Conceptual Understanding and Affective Changes in Introductory Biology: A Comparison of Two Active-Learning Environments
Case-Based Knowledge and Ethics Education: Improving Learning and Transfer Through Emotionally Rich Cases
Case-based instruction is a stable feature of ethics education, however, little is known about the attributes of the cases that make them effective. Emotions are an inherent part of ethical decision-making and one source of information actively stored in case-based knowledge, making them an attribute of cases that likely facilitates case-based learning. Emotions also make cases more realistic, an essential component for effective case-based instruction. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of emotional case content, and complementary socio-relational case content, on case-based knowledge acquisition and transfer on future ethical decision-making tasks. Study findings suggest that emotional case content stimulates retention of cases and facilitates transfer of ethical decision-making principles demonstrated in cases