NCT02816242

Effect of Concept Mapping Teaching Method on Critical Thinking Skills of Medical Students

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

effect of concept map in teaching critical thinking was done with randomized study

Detailed description

This quasi-experimental study with two groups design and pre-posttest method was conducted at Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences in 2014. About 100 Medical Students of in their third semester were recruited for the study based on census. Participants were divided into two intervention and control groups by using random sampling and Random Number Table List. Students in the control group were lectured in Anatomy using traditional lecture method. Whereas, students in the experimental group were taught Anatomy using concept map teaching method. Student's critical thinking was evaluated by examining" Standard California Critical Thinking Skills Questionnaire"

Conditions

• Education

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	concept map teaching	teaching anatomy using concept map to improve critical thinking
OTHER	traditional teaching	teaching anatomy using lecture

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-01
• Primary completion: 2014-10-01
• Completion: 2015-03-01
• First posted: 2016-06-28
• Last updated: 2016-10-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Iran