Eva María Fernández FaúndezBenito Arias MartínezLaura E. GómezIván M. Jorrín Abellán
At the University of Michigan Medical School in 1990, the authors investigated the effects of faculty facilitators' levels of content expertise on the educational process and learning outcomes of small-group teaching sessions. The study was conducted in a microbiology course for second-year students in which four small-group sessions were used to replace 38 hours of lecture and laboratory time. The interactions between 11 expert and ten non-expert faculty facilitators and 156 students were observed and coded. The students' levels of knowledge and satisfaction were measured. The results indicate that, although significant differences in faculty-student interactions were not observed, the students in the 11 groups led by the content experts had higher levels of satisfaction and higher examination scores.
Miguel Ángel Verdugo AlonsoLeonor Córdoba AndradeAlba Rodríguez Aguilella
María del Pilar Zapata AlbánAna Milena Galarza Iglesias
Daniela Vanessa Palma ArroyoJhoan Sebastián Zapata LópezMelania Satizabal ReyesPablo Roa
Brenda L. ORTIZ-MATOSBrenda L. ORTIZ-MATOS