Abstract

NEBOT-CEGARRA, Josep; CAMPILLO, Mercedes  and  PEREZ, Jorge. The Influence of personal study on the aquisition of knowledge. Educ. méd. [online]. 2003, vol.6, n.4, pp.134-138. ISSN 1575-1813.

Introduction: Personal study is fundamental to the consolidation of knowledge and learning. In our study we have established the degree of improvement achieved after personal study by comparing it with that obtained immediately after a learning experience¹. Material and Methods: 66 students on the course the "Developmental Biology and Teratogeny" took part in the study. They did a test immediately after a theory-practical activity, and this same test was then repeated as part of the final evaluation of the course. We observed the degree of learning improvement achieved in both of these tests based on the nature of the questions and the time that had passed between the two tests. Results: The results were always better in the second test. It was superior in the learning experience in which the students were more actively involved. When they had only to observe, the questions taught without audiovisual support improved more than other ones where this methodology was used. The increase in learning was particularly apparent in questions that they had to answer with words less complex and with high difficult phonetically. The time lapse between the tests had no significant impact on the level of improvement. Conclusions: Personal study allows for a general improvement in learning regardless of the degree of difficulty which is perceived in immediate learning.

Keywords : Medical education; Evaluation; Learning; Nonverbal Communication; Embryology; Higher education.

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