Test-enhanced learning and its effect on comprehension and diagnostic accuracy

Medical Education

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 181-188

  Baghdady, Mariam ^a,b,c   Carnahan, Heather ^d   Lam, Ernest W N ^e,f   Woods, Nicole N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Graduate Program   (Canada)

^f Dr Lloyd and Mrs Kay Chapman Chair in Clinical Sciences in the Faculty of Dentistry   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; SCIENCE; STUDY SKILLS; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE;

COMPREHENSION; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIAPICAL DISEASES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SCIENCE; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TEST TAKING SKILLS;

EID: 84892452710     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12302     Document Type: Article

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