Bandura (1986: 52) argues that they can only do this if they are attentive and outlines appropriate complexity, linguistic modeling and perceived functional value as key enablers of this. Attracting students' attention using these means is achieved in the first section of the tutorial. First, the ECG is considered piece by piece and therefore the discussion of its component parts should be at an appropriate level for final year students. Second, the model will describe their thinking routine for each segment. Bandura (1986:74) identifies that linguistic modeling in cognitive tasks, such as this one, allows students to appreciate the underlying thoughts that guide the model's actions. Otherwise they would only see the end result of the thought process. It describes that the linguistic model in addition to the nonverbal model will have the greatest effect in maintaining the student's attention. Finally, students are reminded that the task has a high intrinsic functional value. Students will be asked to perform ECG interpretation at the end of the session, several times during their clinical placements, in final exams and finally when they are Foundation
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