Evaluating single-best-answer questions in dental materials education: a retrospective item
Originally at nature.com
Summary & scoring by The Bell Brief (Dr. Jennifer Bell) using the Drill-Down Protocol (Drill-Down Score) — not the original publisher.
Why it matters for dental
Dental educators and program directors should know that single-best-answer items in dental-materials courses can be systematically vetted for poor performance, improving the reliability of student assessment and ultimately the competence of future practitioners.
Key points
- Retrospective item analysis was performed on an online undergraduate dentistry question bank focused on dental-materials content.
- Study published in Nature’s Dentistry subject section, peer-reviewed.
- Findings provide evidence-based guidance on how to identify and revise flawed multiple-choice questions used in dental education.
- Results are relevant to dental schools seeking to strengthen the psychometric quality of their assessment tools.
Who should care
Read the original on Nature subjects: Dentistry
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