Effect of Blended vs. Traditional Teaching Methods on Nursing Students Academic Stress and Their Achievement at Mansoura University

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1 Assist.Prof& Lecturer in Nursing Administration Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt

2 Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt

Abstract

Background: The fast evolution in the use of technology allows educators to
investigate suitable learning environments that integrate online learning with a
traditional classroom lecture that provides students diverse learning style as
blended learning. These approaches help students improve their performance
and academic stress .Aim: Examine the Effect of Blended vs. Traditional
Teaching Methods on Nursing Students Academic Stress and Their
Achievement at Mansoura University. Design: Quasi- experimental design
was utilized. Setting: Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University. Subject:
purposive sample of all third level students. Total number of the nursing
students enrolled in the first semester of academic year 2018-2019 (n= 309
nursing students) at the Nursing Administration credit course, Study group=
149 and Control group = 160.Tool of data collection: Self-administered
structured questionnaire, Academic Stress Scale and academic achievement
form. Results: Mean score of students' perception of course by using blended
method was higher than students who learned by traditional method. Also, the
mean score of academic stress was higher among students they learned by the
traditional method than those learned by the blended method. Achievement
alternatively equal in good and very good grades but no failed students whose
learning by the blended method. Total academic stress and achievement in the
blended group were significant. While total academic stress and achievement
at traditional group no significant difference. Recommendation: teachers and
students requiring specialized training programs to uses computers and the
internet and faculty management should take serious steps to enhance the
development of teachers and students information technology skills

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