Comparison of the Exam Scores Obtained in Face-to-Face Education and Online Education by the Students of the Faculty of Dentistry

Abstract

Purpose: The Covid-19 pandemic has affected our daily lives by affecting the whole world and caused our habits to change.One of the effects of the epidemic has been on education.With the spread of the epidemic, online education has become the only way to maintain the normal teaching order.In this case, it directly affects the quality of education received.The aim of this study is to examine whether there is a difference between the exam scores made face to face and online. Methods: Students who were 3rd grade in 2018-2019 and 4th grade in 2019-2020 academic year were included in the study.The scores that these students got in the Pedodontics Theoretical Exam within two years were evaluated. Exam scores according to time were analyzed with Friedman Test andWilcoxon Test. Results: In the 2019-2020 academic year, themedian values of the scores obtained fromthe exams that took the őrst exam face-to-face and the second and third exams online varied (p