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dc.contributor.authorRamseier, C.
dc.contributor.authorIvanovic, A.
dc.contributor.authorWoermann, U.
dc.contributor.authorMatthaios, Nikos
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:33:56Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:33:56Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2013-03-21T00:25:50Z
dc.identifier.issn13965883
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1600-0579.2012.00748.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/49665
dc.description.abstractAims: The present study aims to investigate the implications of web-based delivery of identical learning content for time efficiency and students' performance, as compared to conventional textbook resources. Materials and methods: Two cohorts of third year undergraduate dental students in 2003 (n = 35) and 2006 (n = 32) completed the study. Following a baseline pre-test, the students were divided into two groups and given 3 weeks for studying identical content using a web-based application (group A) or a conventional paper manuscript (group B). Post-test, end of semester examination and a final retention test were taken. Test scores and studying time was registered for both cohorts in 2003 and 2006. Results: Group A and B knowledge gain was highly significant between the average per cent scores from pre-test, post-test and end of semester examination in both cohorts in 2003 and 2006 (P < 0.005). Group A spent 1.6נ(2003) to 2.6נ(2006) less time studying than group B. The average total studying time recorded for group B was 5.1 h using 6.2 learning sessions in 2003 and 3.5 h using 4.4 sessions in 2006. With group A, significantly less time was measured for studying through web-based content using an average of 2.5 h over 4.4 learning sessions in 2003 and 1.5 h added over three sessions in 2006. Conclusions: Web-based delivery of identical content results in less overall studying time as compared to textbook delivery. These results appear independent of the students' own preference of the learning medium.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom224
dc.relation.ispartofpageto231
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEuropean Journal of Dental Education
dc.relation.ispartofvolume16
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchDentistry not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchDentistry
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCurriculum and Pedagogy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode110599
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1105
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1302
dc.titleEvaluation of a web-based application versus conventional instruction in the undergraduate curriculum of fixed prosthodontics
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2012
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorMatthaios, Nikos


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