Perspect Nurs Sci.  2016 Apr;13(1):29-35. 10.16952/pns.2016.13.1.29.

The Effect of Problem Based Learning on Nursing Students' Interaction and Self-directed Learning: A Social Network Analysis

• Piao MH
• Kim JE

• KMID: 2315722
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.16952/pns.2016.13.1.29

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study aimed to explore the underlying structures of students' interaction networks to monitor network changes during the year, to verify the relationship with self-directed learning, and to identify the effect of problem-based learning on interaction and self-directed learning.
METHODS
A longitudinal study was designed which included 3 parts (A=25, B=27, C=26) with a total of 78 second-year nursing students from 2013 to 2014. Interaction indicators used group network centralization and density, and individual in-degree centrality.
RESULTS
Group network centralization showed mean reversion patterns, however, centralization and density showed a slight increase from 2013 to 2014 (Centralization of A part from 52.78 to 36.96, B part from 20.56 to 32.20, C part from 34.40 to 37.24; Density of A part from 0.122 to 0.123, B part from 0.111 to 0.121, C part from 0.109 to 0.121). The individual in-degree centrality is significantly correlated with self-directed learning and the correlation coefficient increased during the year (r=.274 in 2013, r=.356 in 2014, p<.001).
CONCLUSION
Students share information more interactively during the year and the more they share the higher the scores of self-directed learning.

Keyword

Problem-based learning; Social network analysis; Self-directed learning; Social network centrality

MeSH Terms

Humans
Learning*
Longitudinal Studies
Nursing*
Problem-Based Learning*
Students, Nursing

Figure

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  Figure 1. Study interaction network sociogram (Class A)

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  Figure 2. Study interaction network sociogram (Class B).

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  Figure 3. Study interaction network sociogram (Class C)

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