title: The effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction in teaching nursing students about congenital heart disease.
abstract: This study compared the effectiveness of three instructional intervention strategies for teaching nursing students about congenital heart disease (CHD). They are: (1) computer-assisted instruction (CAI), (2) traditional class room lecture (TCL); and (3) the combination of CAI and TCL. The subjects were associate degree nursing (ADN) students enrolled in a pediatric nursing course at the University of Cincinnati Raymond Walters College. Differences between pre- and post-scores on a 20-item multiple choice test were analyzed by analysis of variance. There was a significant improvement in scores for all groups but no significant difference in improvement in scores between the CAI group and the TCL group. The CAI/TCL group showed significant improvement in scores compared with the other two groups. The researcher concluded that when teaching strategies are comparable, CAI is as effective as TCL. Used together, a significant improvement is seen in student performance than when either strategy is used alone.
authors: University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. deborah.rouse@uc.edu
authors: D P
authors: DP
authors: Rouse
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000592:standards*; D004507:Education, Nursing, Associate / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013338:Students, Nursing; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods