Students: Health-Sciences Learning Experience Questionnaire

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Questions for understanding what students find difficult, what they wish they had known earlier, and what helps learning finally click.

You do not need to answer every question. Please answer whichever questions you have thoughts about. Short answers are welcome. There are no right or wrong answers. I am interested in what learning this material has actually been like for you, including things you found confusing or felt you were expected to already know.

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Before Entering the Program

1. Looking back, what do you wish you had understood better before starting your health-sciences program?

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2. Were there subjects or concepts your instructors seemed to expect you to already know that you did not feel prepared for?

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3. What could you have studied or reviewed before starting that would have made your first semester easier?

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While Enrolled

4. What subjects, topics, or concepts have been the most difficult for you to understand?

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5. Have you encountered lessons where you understood the words individually but still had difficulty understanding what the explanation meant? If so, what kinds of lessons?

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6. Are there terms that textbooks, instructors, or study resources use without explaining them well enough first? What are some examples?

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7. Have you ever had difficulty understanding a new concept because you were missing knowledge from an earlier subject? If so, what was the concept and what did you need to go back and learn?

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How You Currently Solve the Problem

8. When you do not understand something taught in class or explained in your textbook, what do you usually do next?

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9. What resources do you currently use when you need something explained more clearly?

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10. What is usually wrong with explanations that you find difficult to understand? For example: unfamiliar terminology, explanations that move too quickly, too much information at once, missing background information, not enough examples, or difficulty seeing how concepts connect.

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What Would Actually Help

11. What makes an explanation easier for you to understand and remember?

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12. If you could change one thing about the textbooks, websites, videos, or other resources you currently use, what would you change?

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13. When learning a difficult concept, what would you like a learning resource to explain before introducing the concept itself?

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14. If you could design a resource specifically to help students who are struggling, what would it do differently from the resources you already have?

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Licensure Preparation

15. As you prepare for licensure, are you discovering subjects or concepts from earlier in your education that you now need to relearn? Which ones?

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16. Are there things you memorized for earlier courses but now realize you never fully understood? What are some examples?

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Final Questions

17. What do you wish educators and people who create learning resources understood about what it is actually like to learn this material as a student?

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18. Think of something you struggled to understand but eventually understood well. What finally made it click for you?

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