The Jigsaw Technique in Nursing Education

NCT05459480 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: SuleymanDUn
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 72
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect of the jigsaw technique on students' self-confidence, learning motivation, and academic success in physical examination e-teaching according to systems as a randomized controlled trial. The volunteering students were divided into two groups, intervention and control groups, according to a randomization made with a computer program. The Jigsaw Technique was applied to the intervention group, while the control group received the traditional learning method. To avoid interaction between the groups, the lessons in the intervention and control groups were conducted by different instructors. Prior to the application, data collection tools were applied to the intervention and control groups as a pre-test.

Conditions

Nursing Student; Education

Keywords

Nursing student; Motivation; Jigsaw method; Self-Confidence; distance education; Academic Achievement

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Learning Motivation Scale

  The scale was developed by Noe and Wilk in 1993. It is a 5-point Likert scale (1: I totally disagree, 2: I disagree, 3: I neither agree nor disagree, 4: I agree, and 5: I totally agree) and consists of 17 items. The total scale score ranges from 17 to 85. It is expected that as the mean score increases the motivation to learn takes a positive direction. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the scale was determined as 0.90.

  6 weeks

• Self-Confidence Scale

  It was developed by Akın (2007) to determine the existing self-confidence levels of individuals and consists of 33 items. It is a 5-point Likert scale and is scores as 1: Never, 2: Sometimes, 3: Often, 4: Generally, and 5: Always. The scale consists of two subdimensions; internal self-confidence and external self-confidence. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the scale was determined as 0.83.

  6 weeks

• Academic Achievement Test;

  The academic achievement test used in the study was prepared by an expert lecturer. The tests consists of 25 multiple-choice questions. The test duration is determined as 30 minutes. With this test, it is aimed to determine the knowledge level of the students for the Diagnostics of Health course.

  6 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Intervention Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Online training was continued according to the jigsaw technique for a total of 6 weeks, two hours a week. In the first week, 6 subgroups of 6 people were created. Sub-topics of the physical examination course were shared according to the systems to these groups, called the main group. In the first week, it was aimed for the groups to get to know each other and the first lesson was used for that. In the second week, the students in the main group researched the sub-topics of the unit given to them and formed a new group by coming together with students who were researching the same subject. This group was called the expert group. In the third and fourth weeks, expert groups continued their studies to reinforce the subject. In the fifth and sixth group the students returned to their main groups and explained the subjects they had learned in the expert groups to their main group. Students were expected to teach each other all parts of the unit in their main groups.

Other: the jigsaw technique in web-based distance education

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

The subjects were explained by the instructor with the traditional e-teaching method and as in the intervention group, the lectures were conducted online for two hours a week for 6 weeks. At the end of each week, the relevant course documents were shared with the students. At the end of the sixth week, the post-tests of the learning motivation and self-confidence scales were applied in the control group simultaneously with the intervention group. In addition, an academic achievement test was applied.

Interventions

the jigsaw technique in web-based distance education OTHER

The online training for the intervention group continued for a total of 6 weeks according to the jigsaw technique.

Intervention Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Having volunteered to participate in the study
• Being a first-year nursing student
• Taking the course diagnostics of health

You may not qualify if:

• Not having volunteered to participate in the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Suleyman Demirel University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Suleyman Demirel University

Isparta, 32200, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Sanaie N, Vasli P, Sedighi L, Sadeghi B. Comparing the effect of lecture and Jigsaw teaching strategies on the nursing students' self-regulated learning and academic motivation: A quasi-experimental study. Nurse Educ Today. 2019 Aug;79:35-40. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2019.05.022. Epub 2019 May 11.

  PMID: 31102795 BACKGROUND

• Leyva-Moral JM, Riu Camps M. Teaching research methods in nursing using Aronson's Jigsaw Technique. A cross-sectional survey of student satisfaction. Nurse Educ Today. 2016 May;40:78-83. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2016.02.017. Epub 2016 Feb 24.

  PMID: 27125153 BACKGROUND

• Eycan O, Ulupinar S. Nurse instructors' perception towards distance education during the pandemic. Nurse Educ Today. 2021 Dec;107:105102. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2021.105102. Epub 2021 Aug 18.

  PMID: 34482209 BACKGROUND

• Singh HK, Joshi A, Malepati RN, Najeeb S, Balakrishna P, Pannerselvam NK, Singh YK, Ganne P. A survey of E-learning methods in nursing and medical education during COVID-19 pandemic in India. Nurse Educ Today. 2021 Apr;99:104796. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104796. Epub 2021 Feb 6.

  PMID: 33607513 BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• Esin Çetinkaya Uslusoy

  Suleyman Demirel University

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Students will be given information about the study, but not in which group they are included. Thus, blinding will be ensured.
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: RN,PhD

Model Details: Randomized controlled trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 5, 2022
• First Posted: July 15, 2022
• Study Start: November 24, 2020
• Primary Completion: January 21, 2021
• Study Completion: July 5, 2022
• Last Updated: April 11, 2023

Record last verified: 2022-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)