Author:
Moura de Araújo Márcio Flávio,Lima de Sales Adriana,De Oliveira Lopes Marcos Venícios,Leite de Araújo Thelma,Martins da Silva Viviane
Abstract
Objective: to evaluate an educational material used as a didactic resource to support the teaching of cardiovascular assessment.
Methodology: the educational material was analyzed by experts in cardiovascular nursing and applied to 30 nursing students at the Federal University of Ceara (Brazil) in the period January - June of 2006. To analyze the internal consistency Cronbach alpha coefficient was calculated. To analyze the student’s performance the scores of a test that evaluated the taught topic applied before and after the intervention were compared.
Results: all the experts highlighted that the game features are consistent, is interactive, coherent, has pedagogic validity and allowed the student to participate in his learning process. The difference in the means of the pre and post intervention as arsessment was statistically significant.
Conclusion: the validity and applicability of the game as a pedagogic resource was confirmed.
Subject
General Nursing,Community and Home Care,Maternity and Midwifery,Family Practice,Health (social science),Geriatrics and Gerontology,Nursing (miscellaneous)
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