Survey Item

Mean Score

Dental materials seems removed from the study of dentistry

2.11

Appreciates the value of dental materials science within the Year 2 dental curriculum

4.13

Prefers PAL compared to PBL in covering learning objectives of new material

3.65

Prefers the PAL work flow compared to PBL

4.13

Prefers face to face didactic lectures for dental materials delivery

3.65

Prefers online synchronous online lectures

3.43

Would prefer asynchronous online lectures

3.74

Comfortable asking questions during didactic lectures

3.39

Easily distracted during online lectures

3.00

Can tolerate about one hour of didactic teaching

4.04

Fundamental lectures helped with understanding material based lectures

4.26

All members of group participated in meaningful discussion during PAL

3.21

Good small group dynamic

3.04

Good large group dynamic

3.65

Large group discussion filled in knowledge gaps from PAL sessions

3.83

Understood content more with PAL versus didactic

3.08

Understood content more with didactic versus PAL

3.74

Authentic clarification of queries happened during large class discussion

3.82

Comfortable answering/ asking peers questions

3.30

Learnt and assimilated questions from peers during PAL

3.65

Prefers PAL over didactic lectures for dental materials delivery

2.87

Secondary school prepared me for this type of learning

2.60

Undergraduate degree prepared me for this type of learning

2.70