OLIVEIRA, Rodrigo Guerra de et al. Problem based learning as an active method for teaching-learning in a Dental Course. Rev. ABENO []. 2015, 15, 2, pp. 74-81. ISSN 1679-5954.

The National Curriculum Guidelines for Dentistry courses launched in 2002 indicated a broader health concept and identified a need for an active role of students in the teaching-learning process, proposing a shift of emphasis from content to more active and independent participation, and overcoming the dichotomy between theory and practice, emphasizing joint work with health services and populations. This study aimed to verify the effect of questioning on performance, for constructing questions related learning as a function of the knowledge area, competence axes, and Bloom's taxonomy of questions. Over 4 semesters we evaluated 93 students. From patient care experiences in the clinic, knowledge gaps were raised in the pedagogical cycle, which applied the methodology of questioning. Following tutorial steps, 182 questions were recorded. Of these, 67 were not repeated and were grouped by area of knowledge (67.2% for cognitive, 25.3% for psychomotor and 7.5% for affective approach). According to Bloom's taxonomy, 32 questions were considered low taxonomy, 22 medium and 13 high taxonomy. From the results of this study it can be concluded that by applying questioning as an active method of teaching and learning, mostly issues of cognitive approach and low Bloom's taxonomy have emerged.

: Problem-based Learning.; Health Education.; Educational Assessment..