RT - Journal Article T1 - The view point of Dentistry Students to achievement of educational objectives: Comparison of Teacher-Oriented and Problem-Based Learning Methods JF - jamed YR - 2017 JO - jamed VO - 1 IS - 1 UR - http://jamed.ir/article-1-24-en.html SP - 15 EP - 18 K1 - Problem based Learning K1 - dentistry students K1 - educational K1 - teacher oriented instruction AB - Introduction: This study was aimed to compare viewpoint of Dentistry students in order to educational objectives achievements in oral pathology course using two methodologies; teacher-oriented instruction (TOI) & problem-based learning (PBL). Materials and Methods: The present study was carried out on 24 third-year students of general dentistry in Dental Faculty of Shahed University. The non-randomized interventional census sampling and Willcoxon statistical method were used. After the instruction, a questionnaire were designed for each method to measure the view point of Dentistry students to achievement of educational objectives. Results:The participants’ average score obtained from the questionnaires were 48 ± 15.82 and 42.75 ± 12.23 For TOI and PBL methods, respectively. However, there was not a significant difference between these results. (P = 0.166) The questionnaires’ analyses showed that the extent of fulfillment was mentioned as desirable by 6; acceptable by 16 and unacceptable by 2 participants in teacher-oriented group. Though, in PBL group, it was reported to be desirable by 6, acceptable by 14, and unacceptable by 4 informants. Conclusion: In the present study, there was not any significant difference between PBL method and TOI in students’ viewpoint to achievements of educational objectives in two topics of oral pathology course. LA eng UL http://jamed.ir/article-1-24-en.html M3 ER -