Kinney P, Keskula D R, Perry J F
J Allied Health. 1997 Spring;26(2):57-61.
The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy and efficiency of CAI for students learning evaluation and treatment skills for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Ten volunteer physical therapy students were randomly assigned into either CAI or interactive lecture instructional groups. Each student completed a 36-item pretest on CTS. The CAI group used the Physical Therapy Patient Simulator CAI and the instructional group participated in lecture/discussion to complete the case studies. Following completion of instruction, an identical 36 item posttest was administered to all students. Individual start and finish times for the two groups were recorded by the instructor. A 2 x 2 ANOVA revealed no significant difference in pretest/posttest scores between CAI and interactive lecture. A t-test determined the CAI group completed the case assignment 30 minutes (24% faster than the interactive group. The findings suggest that using a CAI simulation program may be as effective and more efficient than traditional methods of instruction.
本研究的目的是评估计算机辅助教学（CAI）在学生学习腕管综合征（CTS）评估及治疗技能方面的效果和效率。十名物理治疗专业的志愿者学生被随机分为CAI组或互动讲座教学组。每位学生完成了一份关于CTS的36项预测试。CAI组使用物理治疗患者模拟器CAI，教学组通过讲座/讨论完成案例研究。教学结束后，对所有学生进行了相同的36项后测试。教师记录了两组学生各自的开始和结束时间。双因素方差分析显示，CAI组和互动讲座组在预测试/后测试成绩上没有显著差异。t检验表明，CAI组完成案例作业的时间比互动组快30分钟（快24%）。研究结果表明，使用CAI模拟程序可能与传统教学方法同样有效，且效率更高。
