COMPARISON OF TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL TEACHING METHODS AND COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE IN NURSING (NONTRADITIONAL TEACHING METHODS, NURSING EDUCATION).
Contributors: Colorado State University.
Published: 1993
Number of pages: 116
Subjects: Education, Vocational.; Health Sciences, Nursing.; Education, Curriculum and Instruction.
Description: An experimental study was conducted to determine the difference in knowledge gained in a traditionally taught (lecture, discussion, guest speakers) nursing issues course and the same course taught non-traditionally (self-paced, independent learning projects). The null hypothesis was: There will be no significant difference in mean knowledge scores among nursing students who were taught traditionally and those taught non-traditionally.

Using a pretest-posttest design, ninety second-year Associate Degree Nursing students registered for Section 101 (traditional) or Section 102 (non-traditional) of the Nursing Issues course. At the time of registration the students were not aware of the teaching strategy for either section. Alternate forms of a test of knowledge were administered as a pretest and a posttest for data collection. Two-tailed, non-paired, pooled t-tests were used to identify significant differences between the mean pretest, posttest and change scores.

Several findings resulted from this study. Mean knowledge scores improved significantly following completion of the course regardless of the teaching method. There was no significant difference between the mean pretest scores for the two groups. There was a significant difference in the mean posttest scores for the two groups. There was no significant difference in the mean change scores on the test of knowledge for both groups after the mean posttest scores were adjusted for the pre-existing pretest difference. The traditional and non-traditional teaching methods were equally effective in increasing knowledge about nursing issues.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-08, Section: A, page: 3002.

Thesis (PH.D.)--COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, 1993.

School code: 0053.