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Evaluating the effectiveness of personal response system technology on millennial student learning
Mary K McCurry1, Susan M Hunter Revell
1Department of Adult and Child Nursing, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA 02747, USA. mmccurry@umassd.edu
The Journal of Nursing Education
|June 2, 2011
Summary
Personal response systems (PRS) significantly improved nursing students' quiz scores when questions targeted specific learning outcomes. This technology enhances engagement and comprehension for millennial learners in undergraduate nursing research courses.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Educational Technology
- Millennial Learners
Background:
- Nurse educators need to adopt new technologies for millennial learners.
- Personal Response Systems (PRS) can enhance active learning and comprehension.
- Limited research exists on PRS effectiveness in nursing education outcomes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the effectiveness of PRS technology on learning outcomes.
- Assessed impact in an undergraduate nursing research course.
- Compared learning outcomes between and within two course sections.
Main Methods:
- Employed a crossover design for comparative analysis.
- Examined class quiz averages.
- Analyzed scores for between-group and within-group differences.
Main Results:
- Mixed findings for overall between- and within-class quiz scores.
- Significant improvement in paper-and-pencil quiz scores with in-class PRS questions.
- Significant gains observed on PRS-targeted quiz items.
Conclusions:
- PRS technology can effectively improve specific learning outcomes in nursing education.
- Integrating technology like PRS enhances engagement with millennial students.
- Findings support incorporating PRS into undergraduate nursing curricula for better learning outcomes.