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Abstract
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to examine the effects of team-based problem-based learning combined with smart education among nursing students.Entities:
Keywords: Computer-assisted instruction; Nursing; Problem-based learning; Students
Year: 2019 PMID: 35004442 PMCID: PMC8650981 DOI: 10.4094/chnr.2019.25.4.507
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Child Health Nurs Res ISSN: 2287-9110
Figure 1.Research design of this study.
Figure 2.Outline of problem-based learning combined with smart education.
Timetable of Problem-based Learning Combined with Smart Education
| Week | Intervention content | Intervention strategy | Utilized elements | Study environment | Time (mins) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ∙ | Orientation | ∙ | Goal setting | ∙ | Google Docs | Off-line classroom | 100 |
| ∙ | Training on how to use Google Drive (including Google Docs, Google Presentations) & education platform (Classting) | ∙ | Group education | ∙ | Google Presentations | |||
| ∙ | Provides a description of problem-based learning methods | ∙ | Small-group activities | ∙ | Classting | |||
| ∙ | Team building activities: set up groups & ground rules | |||||||
| 2 | ∙ | Upload to unstructured clinical case scenarios and issues to be addressed to Classting by facilitator | ∙ | Small-group activities | ∙ | Google Docs | On-line classroom | - |
| ∙ | Discuss case scenario 1 (newborn initial care & physical examination) with small-group members solving problems in Google Docs with a personal ID | ∙ | Classting | |||||
| ∙ | Select group assignments by small-group members themselves | |||||||
| ∙ | Share the small-group solutions & assignments with six groups | ∙ | Discussion | Off-line classroom | 100 | |||
| ∙ | Pediatric nursing lecture | ∙ | Lecture | |||||
| ∙ | Use the Drive cloud data platform to provide feedback on first-draft report comments by facilitator | ∙ | Feedback | ∙ | Google Docs | On-line classroom | - | |
| ∙ | Classting | |||||||
| 3 | ∙ | Submit team-specific task reports 1 to the educational platform (Classting) | ∙ | Google Docs | On-line classroom | - | ||
| ∙ | Classting | |||||||
| ∙ | Present smal-group assignments to all groups in class | ∙ | Group presentation | Off-line classroom | 100 | |||
| ∙ | Pediatric nursing lecture | ∙ | Lecture | |||||
| 4 | ∙ | Upload unstructured clinical case scenarios and issues to be addressed to Classting by facilitator | ∙ | Small group activities | ∙ | Google docs | On-line classroom | - |
| ∙ | Classting | |||||||
| ∙ | Discuss case scenario 2 (jaundice treatment) with small-group members solving problems in Google Docs with a personal ID | |||||||
| ∙ | Select group assignments by small group members themselves | |||||||
| ∙ | Share the small group solutions & assignments with six groups | ∙ | Discussion | Off-line classroom | 100 | |||
| ∙ | Pediatric nursing lecture | ∙ | Lecture | |||||
| ∙ | Use the Drive cloud data platform to provide feedback on first draft report comments by facilitator | ∙ | Feedback | ∙ | Google Docs | On-line classroom | - | |
| ∙ | Classting | |||||||
| 5 | ∙ | Submit team-specific task reports 2 to the educational platform (Classting) | ∙ | Google Docs | On-line classroom | - | ||
| ∙ | Classting | |||||||
| ∙ | Present small-group assignments to all groups in class | ∙ | Group presentation | Off-line classroom | 100 | |||
| ∙ | Pediatric nursing lecture | ∙ | Lecture | |||||
| 6 | ∙ | Upload unstructured clinical case scenarios and issues to be addressed to Classting by facilitator | ∙ | Small-group activities | ∙ | Google Docs | On-line classroom | - |
| ∙ | Classting | |||||||
| ∙ | Discuss case scenario 3 (high-risk newborn cares) with small group members solving problems in Google Docs with a personal ID | |||||||
| ∙ | Select group assignments by small group members themselves | |||||||
| ∙ | Share the smal-group solutions & assignments with six groups | ∙ | Discussion | Off-line classroom | 100 | |||
| ∙ | Pediatric nursing lecture | ∙ | Lecture | |||||
| ∙ | Use the Drive cloud data platform to provide feedback on first draft report comments by facilitator | ∙ | Feedback | ∙ | Google Docs | On-line classroom | - | |
| ∙ | Classting | |||||||
| 7 | ∙ | Submit team-specific task reports 3 to the educational platform (Classting) | ∙ | Google Docs | On-line classroom | - | ||
| ∙ | Classting | |||||||
| ∙ | Present small group assignments to all groups in class | ∙ | Group presentation | Off-line classroom | 100 | |||
| ∙ | Pediatric nursing lecture | ∙ | Lecture | |||||
Verification of Homogeneity and General Characteristics of Participants (N=70)
| Characteristics | Categories | Exp. (n=36) | Cont. (n=34) |
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) or M±SD | n (%) or M±SD | ||||
| Gender | Male | 3 (8.3) | 2 (5.9) | .528 | |
| Female | 33 (91.7) | 32 (94.1) | |||
| GPA | <3.0 | 1 (2.8) | 7 (20.6) | .122 | |
| 3.0~3.4 | 17 (47.2) | 13 (38.2) | |||
| 3.5~3.9 | 14 (38.9) | 12 (35.3) | |||
| ≥4.0 | 4 (11.1) | 2 (5.9) | |||
| Prefer PBL | Yes | 15 (41.7) | 8 (23.5) | 2.61 | .106 |
| No | 21 (58.3) | 26 (76.5) | |||
| Learning motivation | 103.94±7.73 | 103.91±9.91 | 0.40 | .688 | |
| Problem-solving ability | 105.61±17.54 | 106.85±15.11 | 0.32 | .753 | |
| Academic self-efficacy | 84.81±14.24 | 86.41±8.25 | 0.58 | .563 | |
| Self-learning ability | 108.33±13.64 | 110.59±10.89 | 0.76 | .449 | |
| Leadership | 121.53±20.50 | 125.21±15.80 | 0.84 | .402 |
*Fisher's exact test; Exp.=Experimental group; Cont.=Control group; GPA=Grade point average; PBL=Problem based learning.
Differences in the Dependent Variables between the Two Groups (N=70)
| Variables | Groups | Pretest | Posttest | Difference | t |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M±SD | M±SD | M±SD | ||||
| Learning motivation | Exp. (n=36) | 103.94±7.73 | 113.76±7.78 | 9.32±11.50 | 2.70 | .005 |
| Cont. (n=34) | 103.91±9.91 | 105.53±8.31 | 1.62±12.72 | |||
| Problem-solving ability | Exp. (n=36) | 105.61±17.54 | 116.89±12.71 | 11.32±21.12 | 2.25 | .014 |
| Cont. (n=34) | 106.85±15.11 | 105.65±21.88 | -1.21±26.10 | |||
| Academic self-efficacy | Exp. (n=36) | 84.81±14.24 | 102.47±11.22 | 15.92±18.44 | 4.76 | <.001 |
| Cont. (n=34) | 86.41±8.25 | 93.94±12.64 | 4.32±16.82 | |||
| Self-learning ability | Exp. (n=36) | 108.33±13.64 | 145.08±16.69 | 23.24±28.09 | 2.78 | <.001 |
| Cont. (n=34) | 110.59±10.89 | 131.44±18.28 | 6.24±22.69 | |||
| Leadership | Exp. (n=36) | 121.53±20.50 | 124.58±13.37 | 3.07±18.09 | 2.80 | .004 |
| Cont. (n=34) | 125.21±15.80 | 124.91±13.29 | -1.30±12.69 |
Exp.=Experimental group; Cont.=Control group.