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Table 2 Formal examination scores

From: Uncovering students’ misconceptions by assessment of their written questions

 

Formal examination score on Tumour Pathology and the remaining three topics of the course 1–10 scale (SD)

Topic

Students with questions containing misconceptions

Students with questions without misconceptions

P value

Tumour Pathology

5.0 (2.0)

6.7 (2.4)

0.003

Other topicsa

6.9 (0.95)

6.9 (1.1)

n.s.

  1. aOther topics include (1) Principles of diagnosis and cellular damage; (2) Inflammation and repair and (3) Circulatory disorders
  2. n.s. not significant