Acrostics and Crosswords as Advance Organizers to Meaningful Learning in Medical Education

Abstract

Education plays an essential role in human development. More than a simple process of just passing knowledge, is a dynamic social phenomenon. Thanks to it, the individual becomes more critical and understands better the reality that surrounds him. Consequently, the transformation is possibilited. Similarly, the strategies used to teach are fundamental to make better use of the teaching-learning process. Thus, this article aims to analyze the use of teaching methods in medical colleges associated with acrostics and crosswords as advance organizers. An integrative bibliographic review was carried out using scientific articles from the last fifteen years, from PubMed databases.

A New Method of Teaching about Psychopathology and the Mental Status Examination

“…Previous studies have used films and characters (Hankir et al, 2015; as well as other entertainment activities, such as acrostics and crosswords (Monteiro et al, 2020), to enrich the educational experience. The validity and specificity of learning psychopathology through resources such as music, plays about depression and suicide (Souza et al, 2020a), poems, and online lectures have also been demonstrated.…”

“…This is why the method is known as meaningful learning: any new concept, idea or proposition will become more meaningful if the student can link it to preexisting knowledge. As a result, these anchors are also important for retrieving previously learned information (Agra et al, 2019;Monteiro et al, 2020).…”

“…A successful examination requires a solid theoretical basis, and a thorough introduction to psychopathological phenomena should therefore be included in medical training. This has led to a pedagogical shift in medical education to facilitate knowledge acquisition, with most medical schools adopting a purposive and motivational teaching style where students play an active role in knowledge transfer and teachers take on the role of facilitators (Monteiro et al, 2020). This approach to teaching and learning is in line with the ideas of David Ausubel, whose theories serve as the basis for many pedagogical strategies in this field (Agra et al, 2019).…”

tema “metais pesados” no ensino de Química:

“…Isso estimulou os alunos de todas as séries a resolverem a palavra cruzada. Os comentários acerca de cada palavra a ser resolvida Outras vantagens de se utilizar as palavras cruzadas como forma de avaliação é que este instrumento "pode ser adaptado para qualquer tema" (SILVA; SILVA-FORSBERG, 2009;FERREIRA, 2010;MONTEIRO et al, 2020) e sua confecção é uma atividade simples, principalmente quando ferramentas computacionais como programas são utilizadas corretamente para construção dos diagramas de cruzamento das palavras.…”