Table 3 Participant’s perceptions
From: Debating: effective and satisfactory learning method in dentistry
Student’s perceptions | Post-test | Post-test | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low N (%) | Neutral N (%) | High N (%) | Low N (%) | Neutral N (%) | High N (%) | ||
Knowledge of their assigned topic. | 21(35.0) | 17(28.3) | 22(36.7) | 1(1.7) | 5(8.3) | 54(90.0) | < 0.001 |
Knowledge of topics assigned to other groups. | 32(53.3) | 21(35) | 7(11.7) | 4(6.7) | 24(40.0) | 32(53.3) | < 0.001 |
Their ability to use health and medicine databases | 26(43.3) | 14(23.3) | 20(33.3) | 4(6.7) | 6(10.0) | 50(83.3) | < 0.001 |
Their ability to analyze primary literature. | 22(36.7) | 15(25.0) | 23(38.3) | 2(3.3) | 9(15.0) | 49(81.7) | < 0.001 |
Presentation ability | 21(35.0) | 10(16.7) | 29(48.3) | 6(10.0) | 11(18.3) | 43(71.7) | < 0.001 |
Reasoning ability | 10(16.7) | 16(26.7) | 34(56.7) | 3(5.0) | 11(18.3) | 46(76.7) | 0.003 |
Critical thinking ability | 14(23.3) | 23(38.3) | 23(38.3) | 4(6.7) | 10(16.7) | 46(76.7) | < 0.001 |
Data analysis ability | 10(16.7) | 22(36.7) | 28(46.7) | 3(5.0) | 9(15.0) | 48(80.0) | < 0.001 |