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Saturday, July 04, 2009

Impact of problem-based, active learning on graduation rates for 10 generations of Dutch medical students.

27 Feb 2009 OBJECTIVES: We aimed to study the effects of active-learning curricula on graduation rates of students and on the length of time needed to graduate. METHODS: Graduation rates for 10 generations of students enrolling in the eight Dutch medical ... Read more...

Contribution of student and instructor relationships and attachment style to school completion.

27 Feb 2009 The authors investigated how student-student friendships, student-teacher relationships, and attachment styles link to General Educational Development program completion among 127 women and 117 men. Students' relationships with students and ... Read more...

Selection of medical students: a controlled experiment.

30 Jan 2009 OBJECTIVES: We aimed to discover, through a controlled experiment, whether cognitive and non-cognitive assessment would select higher-achieving applicants to medical school than selection by lottery. METHODS: We carried out a prospective cohort ... Read more...

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• Impact of problem-based, active learning on graduation rates for 10 generations of Dutch medical students. 27 Feb 2009
• Contribution of student and instructor relationships and attachment style to school completion. 27 Feb 2009
• Nurse education. Our students. Our future. 30 Jan 2009
• Selection of medical students: a controlled experiment. 30 Jan 2009
• How to pick the best. 30 Dec 2008
• Meet the next generation. Interview by Alison Whyte. 30 Dec 2008
• Simultaneous cannabis and tobacco use and cannabis-related outcomes in young women. 7 Dec 2008
• Sexual behavior, pregnancy, and schooling among young people in urban South Africa. 29 Nov 2008
• Pregnancy-related school dropout and prior school performance in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 29 Nov 2008
• Associations between premarital sex and leaving school in four sub-Saharan African countries. 29 Nov 2008
• Nurse education: factors associated with attrition. 13 Nov 2008
• Is the crime drop of the 1990s in Canada and the USA associated with a general decline in risky and health-related behavior? 30 Oct 2008
• Policy development for disruptive student behaviors. 30 Oct 2008
• Profile of young people attending alcohol and other drug treatment services in Aotearoa, New Zealand: clinical file search. 30 Oct 2008
• Integral care for pregnant adolescents: impact on offspring. 29 Sep 2008
• Diversity, attrition and transition into nursing. 29 Sep 2008
• An early male adolescent with externalizing behaviors, school failure, and a colostomy. 29 Sep 2008
• Does compulsory education lower mortality? 16 Sep 2008
• Why parents worry: initiation into cannabis use by youth and their educational attainment. 9 Sep 2008
• Is heavy drinking really associated with attrition from college? The alcohol-attrition paradox. 30 Aug 2008

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Technical information about 'Student Dropouts'

Definition: Individuals who leave school, secondary or college, prior to completion of specified curriculum requirements.

Descriptor UI: D013332

Alternative terms: Student Dropouts; Dropout, Student; Dropouts, Student; Student Dropout; School Dropouts; Dropout, School; Dropouts, School; School Dropout;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; education; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: F02.784.629.796; I02.233.748.686; M01.848.602;

History Note: 67(64)