Traditional Lectures , Socratic Method and Student Lectures : Which One do the Students Prefer ?
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Background: Traditional lectures are still the most popular instructional method in the universities. This paper aimed to report the effects of traditional lectures, Socratic Method and students' lectures on the students? anxiety, learning satisfaction and exam score. Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted on 40 nursing students to assess the effects of three methods. The course content was divided into three sections and each section was taught using a different method. The students? anxiety was assessed at start and at the end of sections. The students? satisfaction and their exam score were evaluated at the end of sections. Results: Mean exam score of the students was 12.62 for traditional lecture, 14.80 for Socratic Method and 15.10 for the students' lectures. The students learning satisfaction was higher at the end of Socratic Method and students' lectures method. Traditional lectures induced the least anxiety while the Socratic Method induced the most. Conclusions: Socratic Method and students' lectures are more preferred by the students. Level of the students' anxiety could be diminished through more preparations.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011