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. 2014;21(1):34-49.
doi: 10.1080/08989621.2013.822267.

Team-based learning instruction for responsible conduct of research positively impacts ethical decision-making

Wayne T McCormack  1 , Cynthia W Garvan
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Team-based learning instruction for responsible conduct of research positively impacts ethical decision-making

Wayne T McCormack et al. Account Res. 2014.

Abstract

Common practices for responsible conduct of research (RCR) instruction have recently been shown to have no positive impact on and possibly to undermine ethical decision-making (EDM). We show that a team-based learning (TBL) RCR curriculum results in some gains in decision ethicality, the use of more helpful metacognitive reasoning strategies in decision-making, and elimination of most negative effects of other forms of RCR instruction on social-behavioral responses. TBL supports the reasoning strategies and social mechanisms that underlie EDM and ethics instruction, and may provide a more effective method for RCR instruction than lectures and small group discussion.

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