فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Abstract:Background and aim: New teaching methods have not received much attention in practical andlaboratory classes for nursing students. With respect to the importance of nursing education ,improving traditional methods of teaching and application of new methods are of concern. The aimof this study was to compare two teacher centered and active learning methods- lecturedemonstrationwith self-learning- in working with microscope in a group of nursing students inShahid Beheshti Faculty of nursing and midwifery, Tehran Iran.Materials and Methods:50 freshman students were selected and randomly assigned in two groups.After completing a demographic questionnaire, the students were taught microscopic application as apart of their physiology laboratory course. The contents were the same in the two groups but, in theself-learning method, the students were given educational pamphlet. Before and after session,students took part in an evaluation test for their learning. In addition, they were tested after 8 monthsfor recalling evaluation. Data were analyzed by SPSS statistical software.Results:Findings showed that students ’ scores increased significantly in lecturedemonstration(25.41) and self-learning(19.16) groups. In addition, no significant difference wasfound in the recalling of the two groups. In lecture-demonstration group, most of the students leveledon good and excellent echelon(62.5%) and in self-learning on intermediate and low echelon(68%).Conclusion: In general, both methods were effective in learning and recalling of nursing studentswith no significant difference.Keywords: Teaching method , lecture- demonstration , self-learning ,nursing students,