TY - JOUR
T1 - Nipping an education myth in the bud
T2 - Poh's brain activity during lectures
AU - Masters, Ken
PY - 2014/8
Y1 - 2014/8
N2 - The debate around the value of lectures is raging strongly, and new empirical data arguing against the value of lectures comes from a chart showing student brain activity during lectures. The evidence from the chart, however, suffers from crucial problems. These include a small and unspecific sample, mislabeling of the student activities, and a misinterpretation of the type of measurement. This chart has appeared on the Internet, in education conferences and journals, and recently at a medical education conference. For medical education to be taken seriously, it is crucial that researchers apply the same standards that they would to clinical research. As a result, this chart should be avoided in the debate on the value of lectures before it has a chance to follow a pattern in medical education set by other myths.
AB - The debate around the value of lectures is raging strongly, and new empirical data arguing against the value of lectures comes from a chart showing student brain activity during lectures. The evidence from the chart, however, suffers from crucial problems. These include a small and unspecific sample, mislabeling of the student activities, and a misinterpretation of the type of measurement. This chart has appeared on the Internet, in education conferences and journals, and recently at a medical education conference. For medical education to be taken seriously, it is crucial that researchers apply the same standards that they would to clinical research. As a result, this chart should be avoided in the debate on the value of lectures before it has a chance to follow a pattern in medical education set by other myths.
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U2 - 10.3109/0142159X.2014.916785
DO - 10.3109/0142159X.2014.916785
M3 - Article
C2 - 24965519
AN - SCOPUS:84903949941
SN - 0142-159X
VL - 36
SP - 732
EP - 735
JO - Medical Teacher
JF - Medical Teacher
IS - 8
ER -