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Rural Health Education Foundation resource: A guide to facilitating adult learning
A guide to facilitating adult learning resource was developed in 2007 and remains applicable for understanding adult learning today. It is written in an easy to read style that provides succinct information about adult learning principles and environments for learning. It also discusses types of learners. In addition to providing overview information about instructional design; […]
Numeracy skills tests: contextualisim adds realism
Ramjan (2011) describes a study where she investigated perceptions and performance of using decontextualised and contextualised maths papers for assessing numeracy. The decontextualised maths paper was questions only and the other included visual pictures and questions. The paper provides background information describing the high number of student nurses that perform poorly when calculating drug dosages. […]