The effect of concept map based education on the problem solving skills of students
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This study was carried out semi-experimentally to evaluate the effect of concept map based-teaching on nursing students’
problem solving skills. The students who took the course in fall term were determined as control and those who took it in
spring term were determined as experimental group . Both groups were simultaneously administered Student Information
Form and Problem Solving Scale (PSS) at the beginning of the fall term, and PSS at the end of the fall and spring terms.It was
also found that PSS increased significantly at the beginning of the course period in the experimental group, and that although
there was not a statistically significant difference between the groups at the end of the term regarding PSS mean scores,
There was a positive and significant relationship between the increase in academic achievement and problem solving skills of
the experimental group students. It is recommended that concept map based education should be used as a method
providing effective learning in nursing education to enhance problem solving skills and academic success positively.
Keywords: Concept map, problem solving skill, nursing.
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