Implementation of Explanatory Teaching Tasks with Rubrics in the course Human Ontogeny and the Osteomyoarticular System

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  • Odalys Vázquez Naranjo Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Salvador Allende, Departamento de Ciencias Básicas Biomédicas. La Habana, Cuba. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6096-3528
  • Manuela Gilda Bernardo Fuentes Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Salvador Allende, Departamento de Ciencias Básicas Biomédicas. La Habana, Cuba. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6440-9516
  • Eduardo de Jesús Pomares Bory Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Salvador Allende, Departamento de Ciencias Básicas Biomédicas. La Habana, Cuba. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6440-9516
  • Lourdes Guadalupe Arencibia Flores Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Salvador Allende, Departamento de Ciencias Básicas Biomédicas. La Habana, Cuba. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7796-4663
  • Elsa Vivian García Galano Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Salvador Allende, Departamento de Ciencias Básicas Biomédicas. La Habana, Cuba. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-8904

Abstract

Introduction: The discipline of Biological Foundations of Medicine has the educational responsibility of fostering students’ autonomy in learning. 

Objective: To analyze the results of implementing explanatory teaching tasks with rubrics to promote the development of the ability to explain morpho-functional relationships.

Methods: A descriptive, non-experimental study with a quantitative approach was conducted, based on a field study, with a sample consisting of the 86 students who took the final exam for the course Human Ontogeny and the Osteomyoarticular System during the 2024–2025 academic year at the Salvador Allende School of Medical Sciences. The following were statistically determined: (a) frequencies of task completion, effectiveness, and quality, and (b) achievement and quality of the explanation on the exam, and their relationship to task effectiveness.

Results: The level of task completion and effectiveness was high and predominant, respectively, but quality varied from poor to fair. Demonstration of the skill on the exam was predominant, while quality was deficient. There were positive relationships between the effectiveness of task completion and the quality of the explanation.

Conclusions: The implementation of teaching tasks with rubrics had a positive effect on the development of the ability to explain morpho-functional relationships. It is suggested that their use be continued, with the incorporation of training activities for students in the use of rubrics.

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2026-05-18

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Vázquez Naranjo O, Bernardo Fuentes MG, Pomares Bory E de J, Arencibia Flores LG, García Galano EV. Implementation of Explanatory Teaching Tasks with Rubrics in the course Human Ontogeny and the Osteomyoarticular System. Educación Médica Superior [Internet]. 2026 May 18 [cited 2026 May 18];40. Available from: https://ems.sld.cu/index.php/ems/article/view/5011

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