(v. t.) To form by communication of knowledge; to inform the mind of; to impart knowledge or information to; to enlighten; to teach; to discipline.
(v. t.) To furnish with directions; to advise; to direct; to command; as, the judge instructs the jury.
Example Sentences:
(1) He stressed the importance of the motivation to the mother for breast feeding and the independence between levels of instruction and frequency of breast feeding.
(2) The purposes of this study were to locate games and simulations available for nursing education, to categorize these materials to make them more accessible for nurse educators, and to determine how nursing's use of instructional games might be enhanced.
(3) and (4) Compared to the instruction provided by instructors from other medical and academic disciplines, do paediatric residents perceive differences in the teaching efficacy and clinical relevance of instruction provided by paediatricians?
(4) In Experiment II, identification training, consisting of instructions, praise, feedback, and practice was introduced after baseline.
(5) When we arrived, he would instruct us to spend the morning composing a song or a poem, or inventing a joke or a charade.
(6) This study examined the extent to which normal learners identified as cognitively rigid could use alternate strategies when instructed to do so.
(7) Two different mental stressors were used: a mental arithmetic task with low stimulus intensity and one with high stimulus intensity characterised by more challenging instructions, a more competitive situation, and exposure to affective noise.
(8) We conclude that the use of the multi-point calibration procedure presented in this article (based on calibration according to the instructions of the manufacturer and NCCLS EP-9P) greatly improves the intra-laboratory comparability and therefore should be part of multi-centre evaluations.
(9) The students were instructed to give up the discussion if they were convinced that the partner's position was a better solution.
(10) Patients should be carefully instructed in the optimal use of metered-dose inhalers, and some patients may benefit from use of tube-spacers.
(11) An investigation carried out over a period of two years demonstrated how these skills may be acquired using single sensory and bisensory modes of instruction.
(12) While the high sophistication subjects rated the interpretation as accurate across validity conditions, the low sophistication subjects rated the interpretation according to the validity instructions they received.
(13) We initiated a program of telephone CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) instruction provided by emergency dispatchers to increase the percentage of bystander-initiated CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
(14) This study compared one particular interview question to a pill-count measure by studying 98 patients who visited their family physician, received medication instructions, and were interviewed in their homes ten days later.
(15) Five particular precedents stand out as instructive for informing contemporary policy responses in Europe and globally.
(16) A Rhesus monkey was trained to discriminate between 2 acoustic signals, preceded by visual cues, that instructed which of 2 movements to make.
(17) Results indicate that special instruction was responsible for improved understanding of the underlying disease and also improved compliance with physicians' prescriptions.
(18) To help overcome this problem, a stereoscopic slide-based auto-instructional program has been developed as a substitute for dissection.
(19) The management of painful, upper-limb disorders by 34 general practitioners (GPs) was examined 3 months before and 3 months after personal instruction of GPs by a consultant rheumatologist.
(20) Verbal feedback training consisted of instructing the patient to squeeze the vaginal muscles around the examiner's fingers and providing her with verbal performance feedback.
Instructor
Definition:
(n.) One who instructs; one who imparts knowledge to another; a teacher.
Example Sentences:
(1) and (4) Compared to the instruction provided by instructors from other medical and academic disciplines, do paediatric residents perceive differences in the teaching efficacy and clinical relevance of instruction provided by paediatricians?
(2) Aircraft pilots Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘Getting paid to have your head in the clouds.’ Photograph: CTC Wings Includes: Flight engineers and flying instructors Average pay before tax: £90,146 Pay range: £66,178 (25th percentile) to £97,598 (60th percentile).
(3) Implications for retaining field instructors and directions for further research are highlighted.
(4) An accurate portrait of BLS and ACLS instructors is crucial for organizations such as the American Heart Association if they wish to attract and retain instructors.
(5) Curriculum writers and instructors of preservice elementary teachers could be more effective if they were aware of this group's beliefs about school-related AIDS issues.
(6) "Only one bullet that we're aware of hit, the second Australian returned fire and critically injured and possibly killed the Afghani," said Lieutenant General Rhys Jones, chief of the New Zealand Defence Force, who identified his injured soldier as an instructor from the officer academy.
(7) A questionnaire showed that instructors liked the unit, found it useful, and would use it again.
(8) The Balance Index is a list of standards by which instructors can assess the postures and position in the clinical performance of dental students.
(9) The findings suggest that educational environment and perceived qualities of instructor supportiveness are essential to the effectiveness of a socially oriented educational program.
(10) Self-evaluation opportunities by students and assessment of performance by instructors using objective criteria have been developed for each phase of complete denture prosthodontics and placed within a text illustrating methods to reach the desired standards.
(11) No differences in outcome measures were found between groups led by professional instructors and those led by lay instructors.
(12) It details the efforts at Ohio State University to supply this instruction and demonstrates the positive results of library user education as seen by the instructors of occupational therapy students.
(13) The Surf's Up Surf School has been operating from the beach for 15 years and has an experienced team of instructors (including a former New Zealand national-level coach, Kelly O'Toole) who are prepared to work with everyone from complete beginners to elite riders.
(14) For example, faculty members ranked characteristics dealing with the clinical instructor's relationship with students to be more important than those dealing with professional competence--the opposite of Brown's results.
(15) Quality of CPR was graded by three CPR instructors using explicit criteria.
(16) The programme was multidisciplinary and consisted of a combination of physical activity, formal lectures about health matters and individual consultations with doctor, psychologist, social worker, nurse and sports instructor.
(17) He became an instructor in radar at RAF Debden, near Saffron Walden, Essex, and attained the rank of flying officer.
(18) In this paper the author presents a rationale and a systematic procedure for the construction, implementation, and analysis of student feedback data which will provide both valid and reliable information about specific areas of the educational process that are controllable by instructors.
(19) Andy Hill, a 51-year-old former RAF instructor with more than 12,000 hours of flying experience, is a skilled aerobatic flyer and a regular at airshows, said fellow pilot, who flew earlier in the show.
(20) Everyone seemed to be cheating and the instructors weren't doing anything to stop it.