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Comparison of computer‐assisted learning with tutorial teaching in a group of first‐year dental students
Author(s) -
LEVINE R. S.,
JONES J. HAROLD,
MORGAN C.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1987.tb00368.x
Subject(s) - computer assisted learning , dental education , periodontitis , test (biology) , dentistry , medical education , medicine , computer assisted instruction , psychology , mathematics education , paleontology , biology
Summary. Two identical groups of first‐year dental students were instructed in the pathology of dental caries and periodontitis using computer‐assisted learning (CAL) or tutorial teaching (TT). A cross‐over arrangement, in which the first group was taught about dental caries by CAL and periodontitis by TT and the second group in the reverse order, allowed comparison of the two methods. The comparison included a knowledge test and completion of a questionnaire. CAL and TT were equally effective as far as acquisition of knowledge was concerned. Students felt pressurized with CAL and had problems with note‐taking. They liked a teacher to be present. Nevertheless, CAL was an acceptable method of instruction and was more economical, in terms of staff involvement, than TT.