Educational impact of assessment on medical students' learning at Tehran University of Medical Sciences: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

It has been shown that assessment strongly affects students' performance. A deeper insight needs to be gained into the interplay of assessment and learning. The aim of the current study was to develop a model to explain the educational impact of assessments on students' learning, before, during and after the test.

Design

This study used semistructured interviews, focus group discussions and observation and collection of field notes. A qualitative methodology using the grounded theory data analysis approach was then used to generate an explanation of the process of how assessment impacts students' learning.

Setting

School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

Participants

Participants were medical students and teachers with first-hand ex

SUBMITTER: Kordestani Moghaddam A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6677973 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature