Kahn E, Lass S L, Hartley R, Kornreich H K
J Med Educ. 1981 Aug;56(8):646-52. doi: 10.1097/00001888-198108000-00004.
The purpose of this study was to test a theory of affective learning and to develop a data-gathering instrument for evaluation of affective learning. Two primary areas of affective learning were conceptualized for study: coping with feelings about professional knowledge and coping with feelings about the necessity for development of professional attitudes toward illness and disability and toward death and dying. This two-year study project (1977-1979) involved a total of 70 first-year medical students. Data were obtained by means of observing students in small group discussions. The observation instrument consisted of a checklist of behaviors. Observer reliability was tested. Study results suggested that students progress through phases of affective learning as described in the theory. Implications of the findings are discussed.
本研究的目的是检验一种情感学习理论，并开发一种用于评估情感学习的数据收集工具。情感学习的两个主要领域被概念化用于研究：应对对专业知识的感受，以及应对对形成对疾病和残疾、死亡和临终的专业态度的必要性的感受。这个为期两年的研究项目（1977 - 1979年）共有70名一年级医学生参与。数据通过观察学生小组讨论获得。观察工具由一份行为清单组成。对观察者的可靠性进行了测试。研究结果表明，学生按照该理论中描述的情感学习阶段取得进步。对研究结果的影响进行了讨论。
