Table 3.
Topic addressed on the question, question designation (degree of difficulty attributed by faculty members), percentage (%) of correctness, confidence, and % for each ‘Situation’ (interrelationship between confidence and correctness).
| Question number | Topic | Question designation (degree of difficulty attributed by faculty members) | % Correctness (correct answers) | % Confidence This percentage represents Situation 1 + Situation 3 (students were confident regardless if they answered the question correctly or incorrectly) |
Correct answer + confident (Situation 1) | Correct answer + unconfident (Situation 2) | Incorrect answer + confident (Situation 3) Misconception | Incorrect + unconfident (Situation 4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Endodontic instruments | Basic | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | Endodontic instruments | Moderate | 100% | 89.66% | 89.66% | 10.34% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | Access cavity preparation | Basic | 100% | 96.55% | 96.55% | 3.45% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | Access cavity preparation | Moderate | 96.55% | 89.66% | 89.66% | 6.90% | 0% | 3.45% |
| 5 | Access cavity preparation | Basic | 93.10% | 89.66% | 89.66% | 3.45% | 0% | 6.90% |
| 6 | Cleaning and Shaping | Moderate | 96.55% | 89.66% | 89.66% | 6.90% | 0% | 3.45% |
| 7 | Cleaning and Shaping | Basic | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | Dental Dam Isolation | Basic | 96.55% | 89.66% | 89.66% | 6.90% | 0% | 3.45% |
| 9 | Endodontic instruments | Moderate | 69% | 48.27% | 31% | 27.5% | 17% | 24% |
| 10 | Obturation | Moderate | 96.55% | 100% | 96.55% | 0% | 3.45% | 0% |
| 11 | Cleaning and Shaping | Basic | 93.10% | 82.76% | 82.76% | 10.34% | 0% | 6.90% |
| 12 | Endodontic instruments | Basic | 93.10% | 58.62% | 58.62% | 34.48% | 0% | 6.90% |
| 13 | Pulp Physiology | Basic | 96.55% | 71.41% | 71.41% | 24.14% | 0% | 3.45% |
| 14 | Access cavity preparation | Basic | 86.20% | 79.31% | 71.41% | 13.79% | 6.90% | 6.90% |
| 15 | Cleaning and Shaping | Moderate | 96.55% | 82.76% | 82.76% | 13.79% | 0% | 3.45% |
| 16 | Cleaning and Shaping | Moderate | 100% | 89.66% | 89.66% | 10.34% | 0% | 0% |
| 17 | Endodontic instruments | Moderate | 93.10% | 71.41% | 71.41% | 20.70% | 0% | 6.90% |
| 18 | Cleaning and Shaping | Moderate | 86.20% | 51.72% | 44.82% | 41.38% | 6.90% | 6.90% |
| 19 | Endodontic instruments | Basic | 93.10% | 71.41% | 71.41% | 20.70% | 0% | 6.90% |
| 20 | Access cavity preparation | Moderate | 75.86% | 44.82% | 37.93% | 37.93% | 6.90% | 17.24% |
Each question was answered by n = 29 students.