Assessment and feedback in the dentistry course:

an analysis based on course plans

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-57652026v31id282080

Keywords:

avaliação; aprendizagem; feedback, evaluation; learning; feedback, evaluación; aprendiendo; retroalimentación

Abstract

Learning assessment has traditionally been characterized by a summative, classificatory teaching perspective. Later, with the emergence of constructivism, the student began to play an active and protagonist role, in an essentially formative assessment. However, in higher education there is still resistance to changing assessment methods. This research sought to identify the learning assessment process contained in the curricular matrix of the Dentistry course at a Higher Education Institution, investigate the reference to feedback during the teaching-learning process and verify the most frequent assessment instruments and types of assessment. Documentary research was carried out, with a qualitative approach, through the analysis of the course plans for the 2019.2 and 2020.2 academic semesters and the Dentistry PPC of that institution. When analyzing the results, it was verified the presence of evaluation instruments aimed at evaluating “showing how to do it” and “doing it” and, although most course plans refer to continuous, procedural evaluation, there is still a rooting of traditional evaluation, with a lack of feedback and self-assessment.

Author Biographies

  • Flávia Maria, Universidade Federal de Alagoas

    Graduated in DENTISTRY from the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL). Former monitor of Cellular and Molecular Biology and Stomatology II. Specialist in "Training for Higher Education Teaching" (Cesmac-AL). Title: Incidence of TMD and Voice Disorders in Teachers at a School in the Alagoas State Network. Currently a Master's student of the "Professional Master's Degree in Health Education" (Famed/UFAL), under the guidance of professor Drª. Maria Viviane Lisboa de Vasconcelos, with a research focus on Assessment and Feedback.

     

  • Maria Viviane, Federal University of Alagoas

    Associate Professor IV at the Faculty of Medicine of the Federal University of Alagoas. Vice-coordinator of the Postgraduate Program Professional Master's Degree in Health Education. Doctorate in Child and Adolescent Health (USP/Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto/SP, 2003); Master's degree in Child Health from UFAL/UFS (1995); . Medical Residency in Pediatrics (1980), Medical Residency in Pediatric Nephrology at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa de São Paulo (1982); Specialist in Health Professions Education (UFC/FAIMER Br, 2009); . Graduated in medicine from the Federal University of Alagoas (1977); Undergraduate Medical Educator (child health and pediatric nephrology); Professor, preceptor and supervisor of Internship in Pediatrics II (FAMED/UFAL), Professor of Medical Residency in Pediatrics at HU/UFAL. Educator of the Stricto Sensu Health Teaching Program - Professional Master's degree MPES/FAMED/UFAL); Coordinator of the Research Methodology I Discipline, with an emphasis on qualitative methodology; Coordinator of the Discipline of Health Education Assessment (Master's), Coordinator of Research Seminars I, II (mpes,famed,ufal). Experience in the field of medicine with an emphasis on pediatrics, pediatric nephrology; Research area in interprofessional teaching, assessment, active methodologies, communication, preceptors, curriculum; teaching development, ex-faculty online communities of practice for the Faimer Brasil Program, teaching development in the Health professions; Tutor and member of the NDE (2013/2017) of the Pedagogical Development course for Medical Residency preceptors (OPAS/ABEM).

  • Celia Maria, Federal University of Alagoas

    Graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Alagoas (1975), Specialization in Tropical Medicine from the Institute of Tropical Medicine of São Paulo (1982), Master's degree in Tropical Medicine from the Federal University of Pernambuco (1998) and PhD in the Postgraduate Program in Tropical Medicine by the Health Sciences Center of the Federal University of Pernambuco (2005). She is currently a full professor at the Faculty of Medicine at the Federal University of Alagoas, working mainly on the following topics: visceral leishmaniasis, visceral leishmaniasis and AIDS, lymphatic filariasis and medical education.

     

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Published

2026-06-10

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Vol. 31 (2026)

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Assessment and feedback in the dentistry course: : an analysis based on course plans. Avaliação: Revista da Avaliação da Educação Superior, Campinas; Sorocaba, SP, v. 31, p. e026001, 2026. DOI: 10.1590/1982-57652026v31id282080. Disponível em: https://submission.scielo.br/index.php/aval/article/view/282080. Acesso em: 6 nov. 2026.