Promoting metacognition in first year anatomy laboratories using plasticine modeling and drawing activities: a pilot study of the "blank page" technique |
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| Authors: | Naug Helen L Colson Natalie J Donner Daniel G |
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| Institution: | School of Medical Science, Faculty of Health, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, Australia. h.naug@griffith.edu.au |
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| Abstract: | Many first year students of anatomy and physiology courses demonstrate an inability to self-regulate their learning. To help students increase their awareness of their own learning in a first year undergraduate anatomy course, we piloted an exercise that incorporated the processes of (1) active learning: drawing and plasticine modeling and (2) metacognition: planning, monitoring, reaction, and reflection. The activity was termed "blank page" because all learning cues were removed and students had to create models and diagrams from reflection and recall. Two hundred and eighty-two students responded to a questionnaire reporting qualitative feedback on the exercise. Based on student responses, the "blank page" activity was a positive learning experience and confirmed a need to teach metacognitive skills. From this pilot study, we established that drawing or plasticine modeling is an excellent vehicle for demonstration of the metacognitive processes that enable self-regulation: a known predictor of academic success. |
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| Keywords: | metacognition active learning anatomy laboratories plasticine modeling clay modeling innovations anatomy education |
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