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R E Guild

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PubMed1978

Movies and dental perceptual-motor skills.

The burgeoning popularity of motion pictures in dental education, despite the absence of supporting data, presents the possibility that the medium is being used uncritically. Assumptions underlying the choice and production of dental films are enumerated and critiqued. The assumption that the typical dental procedure film provides a useful model of dental motions is seriously questioned. Potentially superior alternatives are proposed.

Audiovisual Aids↗
PubMed1977

Faculty behavior: appraisal and rewards.

Faculty A & R systems arrange contingencies of reinforcement (relationships between faculty performance and institutional rewards) which powerfully influence faculty behavior. By and large, the current contingencies influencing teaching performance are defectiive. A frequent result is mediocre instruction and ready diversion of faculty effort to activities controlled by better contingencies. The major obstacles to productive appraisal and reward of teaching are the criterion problem and the inability or reluctance to arrange potent A & R contigencies to influence faculty behavior. Recent developments in behavioral science and instructional technology promise significant help in overcoming both obstacles. An example has been provided. Virtues and difficulties in the proposed procedure have been discussed.

Avoidance Learning↗
PubMed1977

Self-instruction in dentistry: a critique.

Recent activity and interest in self-instruction and programmed self-instruction emerged from studies which demonstrated the central importance of learner response with prompt consequences. Self-instructional procedures in formal education, e.g., teaching machines, were initially designed to be an improvement over conventional show-and-tell instruction in the arrangement of systematic student response, prompt consequences, and student self-pacing. A minority of self-instructional procedures in dentistry reflect that intent. The evidence discussed suggests that dental education may be the worse for that omission. Suggestions for the improvement of self-instructional in dentistry are presented.

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