Interactive learning in oral and maxillofacial radiology
| Autor: | Rumpa Ganguly, Aruna Ramesh |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
education Dentistry Computer-Assisted Instruction Bidirectional communication Interactive learning environment Spearman's rank correlation coefficient 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Interactive Learning 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Medical physics Grading (education) General Dentistry Assessments Educational Education Dental Radiological and Ultrasound Technology business.industry Learning environment 05 social sciences 050301 education Oral and maxillofacial radiology Original Article business Radiology 0503 education |
| Zdroj: | Imaging Science in Dentistry |
| ISSN: | 2233-7830 2233-7822 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE The use of electronic tools in teaching is growing rapidly in all fields, and there are many options to choose from. We present one such platform, Learning Catalytics™ (LC) (Pearson, New York, NY, USA), which we utilized in our oral and maxillofacial radiology course for second-year dental students. MATERIALS AND METHODS The aim of our study was to assess the correlation between students' performance on course exams and self-assessment LC quizzes. The performance of 354 predoctoral dental students from 2 consecutive classes on the course exams and LC quizzes was assessed to identify correlations using the Spearman rank correlation test. The first class was given in-class LC quizzes that were graded for accuracy. The second class was given out-of-class quizzes that were treated as online self-assessment exercises. The grading in the self-assessment exercises was for participation only and not accuracy. All quizzes were scheduled 1-2 weeks before the course examinations. RESULTS A positive but weak correlation was found between the overall quiz scores and exam scores when the two classes were combined (P |
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