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. 2021 Apr 6;31(3):1091–1099. doi: 10.1007/s40670-021-01278-y

Table 2.

Percentage of recognition of SDL strategies

Instructional l domain Faculty (N = 339) Students (N = 77)
Promote SDL Do not know Not promote SDL Promote SDL Experienced
Building content knowledge/cognitive
  Explaining relationships between new and old concepts 28.1 44.7 21.3 46.4 58.9
  Providing analogies between new topics or concepts and familiar, everyday topics or concepts 36.0 39.9 18.5 44.6 52.7
  Asking students to compare and contrast information 67.1 17.4 9.6 50.9 53.6
  Step-by-step explanations of complex skill processes (e.g., performing an abdominal exam)* 12.6 68.8 12.9 26.8 58.0
  Asking students questions that require critical thinking 74.4 11.8 7.6 54.5 60.7
  Asking students to apply a concept to a new or similar situation 72.8 13.5 8.1 51.8 53.6
  Mean 48.6 32.7 13.0 45.8 56.3
  SD 26.3 22.5 5.7 10.0 3.4
Emotional and motivational/affective
  Giving students specific feedback about their understanding of content 55.9 21.6 16.6 46.4 49.1
  Giving students specific feedback about their clinical skills performance 51.1 23.3 19.9 42.0 57.1
  Providing time during the day without curricular activities for students to learn conceptual content on their own 76.4 4.5 13.5 56.3 53.6
  Providing time during the day without curricular activities for students to consolidate conceptual content on their own 71.6 7.0 15.4 57.1 45.5
  Encouraging students to set learning goals 85.4 3.7 5.3 50.0 47.3
  Demonstrating how course material is relevant to medicine 29.8 43.8 20.2 43.8 50.9
  Mean 61.7 17.3 15.2 49.3 50.6
  SD 20.2 15.6 5.5 6.4 4.3
Promoting student regulation of learning/metacognition
  Directing students to specific resources* 41.3 33.7 19.1 38.4 52.7
  Discussing study skills with students who seek extra help with content 65.7 15.2 13.2 47.3 34.8
  Eliciting student self-evaluation of understanding of content 75.6 7.3 11.0 45.5 46.4
  Eliciting student self-evaluation of skill performance 71.3 8.7 13.8 43.8 50.9
  Facilitating student self-evaluation of their learning process and study strategies 77.8 4.5 11.5 43.8 44.6
  Encouraging students to evaluate and utilize their prior knowledge 74.2 8.4 10.4 50.9 49.1
  Mean 64.0 13.0 13.2 45.0 46.4
  SD 13.6 10.7 3.2 4.2 6.4

*Negatively scored