Comparison of the two teaching methods of JIGSAW and lecturing to determine rate of learning and Sustainable learning of emergency medicine students

Teaching strategies have an important role in student learning. Learning occurs when the learner plays the main role in the process of learning; especially when teaching in small groups can foster an active environment of learning for all students at each level of intelligence or mental ability. This study aimed to compare the effect of the two teaching methods of JIGSAW and lecturing, on the learning and Sustainable learning rate of emergency medicine students. This is a quasi-experimental study that was conducted on all of the third semester of emergency medicine students (n=۳۰) in Boroujen nursing School. The content was divided into two sections based on the opinions of specialist professors. One part was trained using the JIGSAW method and another part was trained through a traditional method. Pre-test and post-test were performed in the classroom by Kahoot software. Assessment of learning rate and Sustainable learning was done when holding final exams and three months after final exams. Questionnaires of demographic information and exams of internal emergencies were used to gather data. Data were analyzed by comparing the mean scores of students using the paired t-test by SPSS software version ۱۱. The results of this study showed that mean difference of scores of students in the two methods; lecturing (۱۶.۲۵±۲.۸۰) and JIGSAW (۱۸.۲۵±۱.۹۲), in the first stage exam, was statistically significant. In addition, three months later, the mean difference of student scores in the JIGSAW method (۱۷.۹۹ ± ۰.۸۹) compared to the lecturing method (۱۰.۱۱ ± ۱.۷۳) was significant. The findings showed that since training through the JIGSAW method focuses on the active participation of students and is student-centered learning and readout, it increases student proper learning and deep perception. Using this teaching method to teach students in emergency medicine is recommended for professors and training programmers and essentially needs that they use what they have learned over the whole duration of their work.

Keywords:

Teaching , JIGSAW , Sustainable learning , Lecturing , Learning , Mobile learning