Integrated method of teaching in Web Quest activity and its impact on undergraduate students' cognition and learning behaviors: a future trend in medical education.

Zohreh Badiyepeymaie Jahromi,Leili Mosalanejad

doi:10.5539/gjhs.v7n4p249

Zohreh Badiyepeymaie Jahromi, Leili Mosalanejad

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https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v7n4p249

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Introduction:Web Quest is one of the new ways of teaching and learning that is based on research, and includes the principles of learning and cognitive activities, such as collaborative learning, social and cognitive learning, and active learning, and increases motivation. The aim of this study is to evaluate the Web Quest influence on students’ learning behaviors.Materials and Methods:In this quasi-experimental study, which was performed on undergraduates taking a psychiatric course at Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, simple sampling was used to select the cases to be studied; the students entered the study through census and were trained according toWeb Quest methodology. The procedure was to present the course as a case study and team work. Each topic included discussing concepts and then patient’s treatment and the communicative principles for two weeks. Active participation of the students in response to the scenario and introduced problem was equal to preparing scientific videos about the disease and collecting the latest medical treatment for the disease from the Internet. Three questionnaires, including the self-directed learning Questionnaire, teamwork evaluation Questionnaire (value of team), and Buffard self-regulated Questionnaire, were the data gathering tools.Results:The results showed that the average of self-regulated learning and self-directed learning (SDL) increased after the educational intervention. However, the increase was not significant. On the other hand, problem solving (P=0.001) and the value of teamwork (P=0.002), apart from increasing the average, had significant statistical values.Conclusions:In view of Web Quest’s positive impacts on students’ learning behaviors, problem solving and teamwork, the effective use of active learning and teaching practices and use of technology in medical education are recommended.

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Web Quest is one of the new ways of teaching and learning that is based on research, and includes the principles of learning and cognitive activities, such as collaborative learning, social and cognitive learning, and active learning, and increases motivation
The aim of this study is to evaluate the Web Quest influence on students' learning behaviors
Materials and Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, which was performed on undergraduates taking a psychiatric course at Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, simple sampling was used to select the cases to be studied; the students entered the study through census and were trained according toWeb Quest methodology

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Web Quest is one of the new ways of teaching and learning that is based on research, and includes the principles of learning and cognitive activities, such as collaborative learning, social and cognitive learning, and active learning, and increases motivation. The aim of this study is to evaluate the Web Quest influence on students' learning behaviors. The development of human knowledge and awareness in all fields has caused traditional teaching and learning methods to lose their efficacy, so in order to keep pace with the changing world ,one should look for new ways to increase and transfer knowledge (Bowles, 2000). Web Quest includes the principles of learning and cognitive activities, such as cooperative learning, learning framework, problem solving, formative thinking and learning, real and objective evaluation, cognitive and social learning, active learning and increasing motivation (Karimi Moonaghi & Armat, 2013). According to the structural approach, it’s the learner who is responsible for higher learning, not the trainer, and knowledge is built up by him in his mind

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