A college drug education course was designed to implement four assumptions: 1) class time should be devoted to expressing and clarifying values; 2) students should be given freedom to study topics of interest to them; 3) an essay final examination would be a better learning experience than a multiple choice examination; and 4) a study of over-the-counter products would be helpful to students. Data from a course evaluation completed by students supported these assumptions.
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