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Patient Internet Use for Health Information at Three Urban Primary Care Clinics

This study demonstrates that a medical crisis is a strong motivator for adult free choice learning online.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Suzanne Dickerson Amber Reinhart Thomas Feeley Rakesh Bidani Ellen Rich Vinod Garg Charles Hershey
resource research Informal/Formal Connections

Epistemological Appropriation in One High School Student's Learning in Cooperative Education

In this study, detailed observations and interviews from a high school student's semester-long cooperative (co-op) placement in a dental practice are used to exemplify Hung's theoretical approach to understanding situated learning. Using Hung's theory of epistemological appropriation in an analysis of the co-op supervisor's regulatory behaviors (scaffolding, modeling, and coaching) and of the novice's corresponding regulatory behaviors (submitting, mirroring, and constructing) helped to explain the developments in this student's learning, actions, and beliefs. In contrast to the progression
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TEAM MEMBERS: Peter Chin Karin Steiner Bell Hugh Munby Nancy Hutchinson