Question Card Break as A Novel Method for  Effective Learning of Physiology in Dental Students

Dr. Prreeya Mardiikar; Dr. Ashok Shinde; Dr Krishnakant Patil

Volume : III, Issue : IX, September - 2013

Question Card Break as A Novel Method for Effective Learning of Physiology in Dental Students

Dr. Prreeya Mardiikar, Dr. Ashok Shinde, Dr Krishnakant Patil

Abstract :

The present study was taken up to introduce a novel interactive modified traditional lecture: “question card eak” for the enhancement of the teaching–learning process in Physiology. The study was done on I BDS students (76), divided into 2 groups. General physiology lecture was taken by Traditional method for Group I (n=37) and by Question card technique for Group II (n=39). Pre and Post–tests were conducted. Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test was applied to know the significance of difference between pre and post test scores of each group. The significance of differences in the improvement in both groups was compared using Mann–Whitney test in which group II students showed a significant improvement in the scores, (‘p value’ < 0.001). The intervention of the question card eak during the lecture has resulted in effective learning and the maintenance of the ‘attention span’ of the students for the whole session.