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Continuous Assessment of Undergraduate Students at a Dental College in India
Author(s) -
Priya M.,
Muthu M.S.,
Amarlal Deepti,
Thomas Eapen
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2012.76.4.tb05283.x
Subject(s) - grading (engineering) , oral examination , continuous assessment , medicine , standardized test , physical examination , final examination , educational measurement , dentistry , medical education , family medicine , psychology , oral health , mathematics education , curriculum , pedagogy , surgery , civil engineering , engineering
The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the quantitative assessment of a structured essay and standardized oral examination and its correlation to the final‐year graduating exam in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, India. The records of 531 students from 2005 to 2009 were collected. Students were categorized based on their “completion” and “grading” in a structured essay and standardized oral examination, which is a continuous assessment of dental students in the college. The grades obtained by continuous assessment were compared to students’ final‐year examination scores. The assessment showed that students who completed all tasks and had desirable performance in their written assessment and standardized oral examination also scored better on their final examination. Therefore, the continuous assessment by written assessment and standardized oral examination had a direct relationship to students’ performance on the final examination and is useful for evaluation.