The effects of performance-based assessment criteria on student performance and self-assessment skills

This study investigated the effect of performance-based versus competence-based assessment criteria on task performance and self-assessment skills among 39 novice secondary vocational education students in the domain of nursing and care. In a performance-based assessment group students are provided with a preset list of performance-based assessment criteria, describing what students should do, for the task at hand. The performance-based group is compared to a competence-based assessment group in which students receive a preset list of competence-based assessment criteria, describing what students should be able to do. The test phase revealed that the performance-based group outperformed the competence-based group on test task performance. In addition, higher performance of the performance-based group was reached with lower reported mental effort during training, indicating a higher instructional efficiency for novice students

Medical students and physical education students as CPR instructors: an appropriate solution to the CPR-instructor shortage in secondary schools?

BACKGROUND: Integrating cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in secondary schools will increase the number of potential CPR providers. However, currently too few certified instructors are available for this purpose. Training medical students and physical education student teachers to become CPR instructors could decrease this shortage. AIM: Examine whether medical students and physical education student teachers can provide CPR training for secondary school pupils as well as (i. e., non-inferior to) registered nurses. METHODS: A total of 144 secondary school pupils were randomly assigned to CPR training by a registered nurse (n = 12), a  medical student (n = 17) or a physical education student teacher (n = 15). CPR performance was assessed after training and after eight weeks in a simulated cardiac arrest scenario on a resuscitation manikin, using manikin software and video recordings. RESULTS: No significant differences were found between the groups on the overall Cardiff Test scores and the correctness of the CPR techniques during the post-training and retention test. All pupils showed sufficient CPR competence, even after eight weeks. CONCLUSION: Training by medical students or physical education student teachers is non-inferior to training by a registered nurse, suggesting that school teachers, student teachers and medical students can be recruited for CPR training in secondary schools

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Local digital etching and infiltration for tuning of a H1- Cavity in deeply etched InP/InGaAsP/InP photonic crystals

Local post-production processing of single holes in a planar photonic crystal is demonstrated by selectively opening a masking layer by focused ion beam milling. Local tuning was optically demonstrated by both blueshifting and subsequent red-shifting th

Controlling charge injection by self-assembled monolayers in bottom-gate and top-gate organic field-effect transistors

We investigate the modulation of the charge injection in organic field-effect transistors with self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) using both a bottom-gate and a top-gate geometry. The current modulation by using SAMs is more pronounced in the top-gate geometry due to the better defined upper surface of the bottom source and drain electrodes. By modifying Ag electrodes with a perfluoriflared monolayer an injection barrier as high as 1.6 eV into poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene) can be surmounted, enabling the measurement of the saturated field-effect mobility of 6 x 10(-5) cm(2) V(-1) s(-1). (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

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