Designing a teaching aid application for morphology lessons and investigating the effect of using it on dentistry students learning

Abstract

Introduction: Technological advancements in the current era are transforming all aspects of human life, and education methods with the increase of information technology and the penetration of remote mass communication into the depth of society, may change. Disadvantages of the traditional education system include being a community teacher, high cost, attendance orientation, low educational quality, limited space and time. E-learning refers to an active and intelligent education system in which the teacher and the learner communicate with each other through the devices and the conditions in which the two transfer their information through these tools. In order to improve or treat students and advance educational methods, and considering that this study is an educational software in Tabriz Dental School, the images of teeth and manual information that are referenced are not used and measure its impact on the educational level of design and implementation students. Materials and methods: In this experimental study, after designing the application based on specific teaching references, students divided into two groups of traditional training and combined training, and from the training course. The final evaluation is done after placement. Data collection analyzed with descriptive statistics and Mann-Whitney test using SPSS V.21 software. Results: In this study, 80 students were examined in two control and intervention groups. There is no significant difference in the GPA level of the two groups. Whitney's non-parametric test, the level of final evaluation scores was significantly higher in the intervention group than in the control group (P=0.047). Conclusion: The traditional-electronic combined teaching method is significantly associated with a higher level of students' grades in the final evaluations, and on the other hand, due to reasons such as the increase in the number of students or the appearance of some documents in traditional and face-to-face education, Method. Electronic devices can fill the gap and improve the educational level.