TY - JOUR
T1 - Facilitating undergraduate students’ problem-solving and critical thinking competence via online escape room learning
AU - Yang, Chin Lan
AU - Chang, Ching Yi
AU - Jen, Hsiu Ju
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2023/11
Y1 - 2023/11
N2 - Aims: This study aimed to identify the efficiency of escape room activities in terms of enhancing nursing students’ retention of maternity-related knowledge and their overall learning performance. Background: Novel teaching methods have been explored as alternatives to traditional approaches. One such strategy is the implementation of escape-room-based techniques, which have been used as an inventive educational approach in nursing. However, there is limited information available on specific applications, such as in maternity education. Design: The study conducted a quasi-experimental design during two semesters of an academic year (i.e., the 2021–2022 academic year). The study was conducted at a university, with participants enrolled in a maternity course. Methods: The experimental group engaged in an online game-based escape room learning activity during the pregnancy assessment session of their maternity course, while the control group learned with a traditional teaching approach. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare the performances of the two groups. Results: Findings from the experimental group suggested that incorporating an online game-based escape room approach into the learning process enhanced students’ learning performance, problem-solving skills and critical thinking skills. Additionally, students expressed a consensus that learning through the online game-based escape room approach added enjoyment to the learning experience. Conclusions: Maternity escape rooms” emerged as an online game-based approach that effectively stimulated nursing students and can serve as a practical resource for engaging in maternity care learning.
AB - Aims: This study aimed to identify the efficiency of escape room activities in terms of enhancing nursing students’ retention of maternity-related knowledge and their overall learning performance. Background: Novel teaching methods have been explored as alternatives to traditional approaches. One such strategy is the implementation of escape-room-based techniques, which have been used as an inventive educational approach in nursing. However, there is limited information available on specific applications, such as in maternity education. Design: The study conducted a quasi-experimental design during two semesters of an academic year (i.e., the 2021–2022 academic year). The study was conducted at a university, with participants enrolled in a maternity course. Methods: The experimental group engaged in an online game-based escape room learning activity during the pregnancy assessment session of their maternity course, while the control group learned with a traditional teaching approach. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare the performances of the two groups. Results: Findings from the experimental group suggested that incorporating an online game-based escape room approach into the learning process enhanced students’ learning performance, problem-solving skills and critical thinking skills. Additionally, students expressed a consensus that learning through the online game-based escape room approach added enjoyment to the learning experience. Conclusions: Maternity escape rooms” emerged as an online game-based approach that effectively stimulated nursing students and can serve as a practical resource for engaging in maternity care learning.
KW - Escape room
KW - Maternity education
KW - Nursing education
KW - Online game-based learning
KW - Undergraduate students
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103828
DO - 10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103828
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85176231625
SN - 1471-5953
VL - 73
JO - Nurse Education in Practice
JF - Nurse Education in Practice
M1 - 103828
ER -