Abstract

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)

Citation

Hmelo-Silver, C.E., Nagarajan, A. & Day, R.S. (2002). "It's Harder Than We Thought It Would Be": A Comparative Case Study of Expert-Novice Experimentation Strategies. Science Education, 86(2), 219. Retrieved February 25, 2021 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/93061/.

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Keywords

• Clinical Experience
• Computer Uses in Education
• higher education
• inquiry
• medical education
• Science Instruction
• Science Process Skills
• thinking skills