PREP Outcomes Preliminary outcomes indicate students are very receptive to the videos, CD-ROMs, and breakout activities. Students report they prefer hearing the experts and seeing practitioners in action on the videos over traditional lectures. Students are reconceptualizing the use of the CD-ROM as a learning tool rather than as a quiz. Overall reactions to the CD have been positive. Perhaps most surprising has been the reaction to the breakout activities.
Students enjoy the interaction interspersed throughout the class session.
Attitudinal and cognitive data are being collected during the fall semester of the 1998-99 academic year at various field test sites. These data will provide quantitative and qualitative information that will be analyzed and reported in professional journals and national conferences. A survey was distributed to students who participated in the field testing of the PREP videos, CDs, and support materials. A pre and post course survey was used to assess students' cognitive development. The results of a t-test revealed that there were statistically significant growth in each of the field test sites.