Authors

Rana Al-Haj Hussain

Published in

Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research (IJIR) 2016

Abstract

Self-assessment of preclinical formative and summative exercises provides an opportunity for students to become engaged in the learning activity by evaluating their performance. The aim of this study was to show whether dental students were able to critically evaluate their own work in terms of dental anatomy carving test, and whether their capacities for self-assessment could had been improved during the study course. This study included 251 students from the Faculty of Dentistryat Syrian Private University SPU (undergraduates/
first term). All students were subjected to 2 tests, in which they had to carve an upper canine using dental wax block. Three clinical supervisors evaluated the student's quality of work.  All students were asked to self-assess their works and record marks for themselves. T-test for paired samples was used to compare marks assigned by supervisors and those recorded by students for each task. Regarding the first task, the mean mark recorded by the supervisors was (6.29±1.49) (Mean± Standard deviation), and that recorded by students was (7.55±1.68). Regarding the second task, the mean mark recorded by the supervisors was (5.69±1.94),and that recorded by students was (7.57±1.93). The mean difference between  1st task supervisors’ assessment records and 1st task students’ assessment records was significant [P < 0.05]. The mean difference between 2ed task supervisors’ assessment records and 2ed task students’ assessment records was also significant [P < 0.05]. After splitting the students into 2 categories, it was shown that, regarding good-level students, the mean difference between 1st task supervisors’ assessment records and 1st task students’ assessment records was significant, and the mean difference between 2nd task supervisors’ assessment records with 2nd task students’ assessment records was also significant. Regarding poor-level students, the mean difference between 1st task supervisors’ assessment records and 1st task students’ assessment records was significant, and the mean difference between 2ed task supervisors’ assessment records with 2ed task students’ assessment records was also significant. This study found that students tend to overestimate the level of their own work during self- ssessment
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