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J Dent Educ. 69(6): 639-648 2005
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Educational Methodologies

A Case Study Examining Classroom Instructional Practices at a U.S. Dental School

Linda S. Behar-Horenstein, Ph.D.; Gail S. Mitchell, M.P.H., R.D.H.; Teresa A. Dolan, D.D.S., M.P.H.

Key words: teaching, qualitative research, evaluation, change, curriculum revision

Submitted for publication 09/15/04; accepted 03/31/05

A case study is used to illustrate how an evaluation strategy was used to assess classroom instructional practices following a multiyear institutional curriculum revision process. From January through April of 2003, twelve faculty in medicine and three faculty in dentistry who taught in the first- and second-year basic science courses within the dental curriculum participated in a qualitative study. The purpose was to use a formative evaluation process to assess the impact of the curriculum revision at the level of classroom instruction. The observations revealed that seventeen of the twenty classes observed were teacher-centered, passive, and lacked observable effort to help students understand the relationship of the lecture content to the oral health problems. Findings illustrate the importance of using formative evaluation as a mechanism to assess change efforts and how evidence-based study can be used to support initiatives directed toward assessing active student learning and problem solving. Raising faculty awareness about the importance of acquiring evidence-based educational skills, aligning instruction with course goals and objectives, formatively assessing teaching, and providing learning experiences that will actually be used in practice are essential to ensuring that active learning and critical thinking are demonstrated in the curriculum.




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