Effects of competitive learning tools on medical students: A case study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Competitive learning techniques are being successfully used in courses of different disciplines. However, there is still a significant gap in analyzing their effects in medical students competing individually. The authors conducted this study to assess the effectiveness of the use of a competitive learning tool on the academic achievement and satisfaction of medical students.

Methods

The authors collected data from a Human Immunology course in medical students (n = 285) and conducted a nonrandomized (quasi-experimental) control group pretest-posttest design. They used the Mann-Whitney U-test to measure the strength of the association between two variables and to compare the two student groups.

Results

The improvement and academic outcomes of the experimental

SUBMITTER: Corell A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5843339 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature