2018, Number 4
Difficulty of quizzes and final evaluations in contents about anatomy of Human Ontogeny and Osteo-Muscular-Articulatory system
Language: Spanish
References: 21
Page: 25-37
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: During the validation process for the study plan D of the medical major in Cuba, the quality is analyzed of the evaluative tools applied in subjects of the new study plan.Objective: To compare the level of difficulty of quizzes and final evaluations of the subject Human Ontogeny and Osteo-Muscular-Articulatory System, regarding the content for the anatomy of the muscles.
Methods: A pedagogical research was carried out at the University of Medical Sciences of Matanzas during the academic year 2016-2017. We analyzed 2763 quizzes from workshops and 553 first-call exams. Theoretical and empirical methods, together with statistical data processing were applied.
Results: The moderately easy level prevailed in the questions of quizzes, with a mean of 0.78. The result was influenced by the design of ascending complexity in the way of addressing the contents in such evaluations, which favored a training in the students regarding the way to evaluate. In the final exam, 65 % of the items corresponding to the question of anatomy of the muscles presented average difficulty, while 20 % of the items were of moderately easy difficulty and the other 15% were moderately difficult.
Conclusions: The level of difficulty of the final exam was higher than in quizzes in 80% of the subjects and the change was from one category to the next. The evaluation of the content of muscles in the subject corresponded to an adequate level, since it met the quality requirements for accreditation.
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