Can assessment of students attitudes assist both the teaching and learning process as well as ultimate performance in professional practice

Title: Can assessment of students attitudes assist both the teaching and learning process as well as ultimate performance in professional practice
Creator: O'Toole, Gjyn
Relation: Enhancing Teaching and Learning Through Assessment p. 468-474
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6226-1_10
Publisher: Springer
Resource Type: book chapter
Date: 2007
Description: Recognition of the affect of negative attitudes on learning appears universal; however investigation of such attitudes and facilitation of the change of attitudes is rarely the focus of exploration. Attitudinal change occurs amongst third year occupational therapy students when studying Mental Health. The focus of this paper is to present the results of an assessment of this attitudinal change. The source of the change was investigated in order to maximise the learning. This paper examines both the initial causes of the negative attitudes and the contributing factors that result in positive attitudes thereby allowing the isolation of those factors that most facilitate the change. This isolation guides the teaching process and thus enhances attitudinal change and hence learning.
Subject: attitudinal change; assessments; learning attitudes; teaching processes
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/923720
Identifier: uon:9801
Identifier: ISBN:9781402062554
Language: eng

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