title: Self-instruction in dental education: 1960-1980.
abstract: An extensive, critical review of the dental education literature of the last two decades, related to self-instruction, reveals that this method is capable of significantly increasing cognitive knowledge in a shorter period of time and with increased student satisfaction, compared to conventional instructional methods. Suggestions for more detailed investigation of self-instructional techniques, and the need to develop a more integrated curriculum using self-instructional materials, small group interaction, and formal lectures are presented.
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000639:trends*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D011380:Programmed Instructions as Topic; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors