Effectiveness of Concept Mapping on Conventional Teaching Method in Terms of Knowledge Regarding Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Analysis among B. Sc. Nursing IV Year Students Yadav Sachin1, Mohammad Ishak2 1M. Sc. Nursing, 2nd Year Student, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Teerthanker Mahaveer College of Nursing, TMU, Moradabad, U.P. 2Associate Professor, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Teerthanker Mahaveer College of Nursing, TMU, Moradabad, U.P. Online published on 8 August, 2019. Abstract Background Teaching is an interactive process, primarily involving classroom talk, which takes place between teacher and pupils and occurs during certain definable activities. Concept mapping is one of the innovative teaching methods to teach the students. Concept mapping helps to enhance the knowledge of the students regarding the topic which are taught to the student. Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of concept mapping on conventional teaching method in terms of knowledge regarding ABG analysis among B. Sc. Nursing IV year students. Materials and Method A randomized controlled trial, using basic pretest, posttest control group design adopted for the study. The accessible population for this study consists of B. Sc. Nursing IV year students. Probability sampling technique-simple random sampling method (computing method) was used to select the participants for the study. The selected participants were randomized 30 each to experimental & control group using lottery method. Data was collected using self report structured knowledge questionnaire. The data was analyzed by using descriptive & inferential statistics, using SPSS, version 20 software. Results The mean post test knowledge score (13.13 ± 2.11) of the experimental group was greater than the mean pre test knowledge score (9.16 ± 2.66) with the mean difference of 3.97. Hence, it shows the effectiveness of concept mapping on conventional teaching method. (p<0.05) The mean post test knowledge score of the experimental group (13.13 ± 2.11) was greater than the mean post test knowledge score of the control group (10.56 ± 2.54) with the mean difference of 2.57; hence it shows the effectiveness of concept mapping on conventional teaching method. (p<0.05) Conclusion Concept mapping is effective teaching method to teach the students. Concept mapping helps to enhance the knowledge of the students regarding the topic which are taught to the student. Top Keywords Concept mapping, Conventional teaching method, nursing students. Top |