A comparison of problem-based and traditional education on nursing students' locus of control and problem-solving skills.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study is to compare the locus of control and problem-solving skills of nursing students studying with the problem-based learning method with those of nursing students studying with the traditional method.


METHODS
This is a descriptive and comparative study. For data collection, the Problem-Solving Skills Inventory and the Locus of Control Scale were used. The study sample included 680 nursing students.


CONCLUSIONS
It was determined that the problem-based learning method was more effective in the development of problem-solving skills and internal locus of control than was the traditional method.
Faculty of Nursing, Dokuz Eylul University, İzmir, Turkey.
Neslihan Partlak
NP
Günüşen
Pınar
P
Serçekuş
Aylin Durmaz
AD
Edeer
D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D011340:Problem Solving; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*
Locus of control; nursing student; problem solving; problem-based learning