What's the Point? How Scores Undermine Written Comments on Open-Ended Work

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Crain ◽  
Brian Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Written Comments

The Origins of New Zealand Speech

1998 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Gordon
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
The Past ◽  
Written Comments ◽  
New Zealanders

New Zealand English has evolved in the past 150 years, at a time when it is possible to find both written and spoken evidence of its development. This paper takes evidence gained from an analysis of written comments on early New Zealand English and compares this with data taken from an analysis of spoken New Zealand English obtained from recordings collected in the 1940s of old New Zealanders born in the 1850s-1890s — the period when the New Zealand accent was developing. By putting the written data beside the spoken data it is now possible to assess the accuracy of written records as a basis for the reconstruction of the earliest form of New Zealand English.

scholarly journals A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Residentsʼ Written Comments Regarding Their Clinical Supervisors

2011 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. S21-S24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn A. Myers ◽  
Elaine M. Zibrowski ◽  
Lorelei Lingard
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Clinical Supervisors ◽  
Written Comments

scholarly journals Guidelines and Recommendations for Laboratory Analysis in the Diagnosis and Management of Diabetes Mellitus

2011 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. e1-e47 ◽  
Author(s):  
David B Sacks ◽  
Mark Arnold ◽  
George L Bakris ◽  
David E Bruns ◽  
Andrea Rita Horvath ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Laboratory Analysis ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Expert Committee ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Hb A1c ◽  
Written Comments ◽  
Patients With Diabetes ◽  
Practice Committee

BACKGROUND Multiple laboratory tests are used to diagnose and manage patients with diabetes mellitus. The quality of the scientific evidence supporting the use of these tests varies substantially. APPROACH An expert committee compiled evidence-based recommendations for the use of laboratory testing for patients with diabetes. A new system was developed to grade the overall quality of the evidence and the strength of the recommendations. Draft guidelines were posted on the Internet and presented at the 2007 Arnold O. Beckman Conference. The document was modified in response to oral and written comments, and a revised draft was posted in 2010 and again modified in response to written comments. The National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry and the Evidence Based Laboratory Medicine Committee of the AACC jointly reviewed the guidelines, which were accepted after revisions by the Professional Practice Committee and subsequently approved by the Executive Committee of the American Diabetes Association. CONTENT In addition to long-standing criteria based on measurement of plasma glucose, diabetes can be diagnosed by demonstrating increased blood hemoglobin A1c (Hb A1c) concentrations. Monitoring of glycemic control is performed by self-monitoring of plasma or blood glucose with meters and by laboratory analysis of Hb A1c. The potential roles of noninvasive glucose monitoring, genetic testing, and measurement of autoantibodies, urine albumin, insulin, proinsulin, C-peptide, and other analytes are addressed. SUMMARY The guidelines provide specific recommendations that are based on published data or derived from expert consensus. Several analytes have minimal clinical value at present, and their measurement is not recommended.

scholarly journals Evaluating the introduction of team-based learning in a pharmacy consultation skills module

2020 ◽  
pp. 151-157
Author(s):  
Simon Tweddell
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Pharmacy Education ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Written Comments ◽  
Team Based Learning ◽  
Course Material ◽  
Consultation Skills ◽  
Evaluation Survey

The learning and teaching strategy for a pharmacy consultation skills module was changed to Team-Based Learning (TBL) with the aim of motivating students to engage with course material pre-class and take deeper approaches to learning during class. Results from administering a validated TBL instrument suggests that students are more accountable and are satisfied with and have preference for TBL over traditional methods. Exam results show a 13% improvement in mean end-of- year examinations compared with pre-TBL results. Thematic analysis of written comments on the module evaluation survey suggest that they enjoyed learning using TBL and found it more engaging, stimulating and more effective for their learning; however, it could be improved through better management of workshop timings and more effective facilitation of discussion. TBL appears to have potential as a pedagogic approach in pharmacy education.

Introductory remarks

1979 ◽  
Vol 287 (1022) ◽  
pp. 249-249
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Applied Science ◽  
Desert Locust ◽  
African Armyworm ◽  
Economic Significance ◽  
Written Comments ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
History Of ◽  
Informed Opinion

This meeting was concerned with pests whose control remains a matter of international concern, illustrated both by a new upsurge of the Desert Locust since the meeting and, almost at the same time, by serious infestations of African armyworm in every country from South Africa to Yemen (in several of them the heaviest on record); both these developments have indeed contributed unavoidably to the delay in the appearance of these proceedings. Each of the pests discussed at the meeting has a human importance beyond its purely economic significance; each presents problems so daunting in magnitude that any attempt at control must, as was said, have an element of audacity; and perhaps no one who has been involved in such attempts is ever quite the same again. The effective deployment of applied science within such subjective constraints has involved a long history of invaluable international meetings with administrative and logistic objectives for which a consensus of technical opinion has been essential. But in each case knowledge and understanding are still sufficiently incomplete to leave scope - and need - for sharp differences of informed opinion, often on points of major practical importance. At the start of the present meeting it was emphasized that no collective recommendations would be attempted; that there would be no drafting committee; but that the objective was to use the forum provided by the Society to get on record a really comprehensive presentation of the range of informed opinion on these various points of disagreement: because these are the growing-points for new knowledge. Written comments and afterthoughts were accordingly invited, and have been used to supplement the taped record of the discussions.

scholarly journals Attitudes Toward Chiropractic

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Ann Weis ◽  
Kent Stuber ◽  
Jon Barrett ◽  
Alexandra Greco ◽  
Alexander Kipershlak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Spinal Manipulation ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Interprofessional Relations ◽  
Chiropractic Care ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Written Comments

We assessed the attitudes of Canadian obstetricians toward chiropractic with a 38-item cross-sectional survey. Ninety-one obstetricians completed the survey, for a response rate of 14% (91 of 659). Overall, 30% of respondents held positive views toward chiropractic, 37% were neutral, and 33% reported negative views. Most (77%) reported that chiropractic care was effective for some musculoskeletal complaints, but 74% disagreed that chiropractic had a role in treatment of non-musculoskeletal conditions. Forty percent of respondents referred at least some patients for chiropractic care each year, and 56% were interested in learning more about chiropractic care. Written comments from respondents revealed concerns regarding safety of spinal manipulation and variability among chiropractors. Canadian obstetricians’ attitudes toward chiropractic are diverse and referrals to chiropractic care for their patients who suffer from pregnancy-related low back pain are limited. Improved interprofessional relations may help optimize care of pregnant patients suffering from low back pain.

Does Credibility Count?

2013 ◽  
pp. 230-245
Author(s):  
Malkeet Singh ◽  
Marie K. Iding
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Junior College ◽  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Written Comments ◽  
Vested Interests ◽  
Junior College Students ◽  
Study Participants

Two studies investigated Singaporean junior college students’ determinations of the credibility of social studies Web sites. In the first study, participants selected Web sites that they determined to provide objective and accurate representations of their topics, provided reasons for their selection, and described Web site authors’ vested interests. They also selected Web sites that illustrated misrepresentations, explained why, and described authors’ vested interests. Finally, they rated their own competence and confidence about different aspects of Web site information accuracy. Qualitative analyses of participants’ written comments revealed a strong awareness of political vested interests of Web site authors, a topic that had not emerged in previous research. In the second study, analyses of students’ responses to questionnaires about a more credible and a less credible Web site provided by their instructor indicated that students rated the more credible Web site higher. Students’ ratings of their general confidence in evaluating Web sites on accuracy/truthfulness as well as their confidence in detecting misrepresentations in Web sites were used as criteria in a reduced multiple regression model. Results showed that students generally differed in their perception of the two Web sites. Implications for future research are discussed.

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