1Assistant Professor, Mental Health DepartmentJahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran
2Assistant Professor, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3Student Research Committee Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran
Online published on 11 October, 2012.
Helping students to develop problem solving skill is a frequently cited goal of science education. This method involves students to think about operations of analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
This study a comparative study from simple sampling on the students of 6th semester whom 38 of them were randomly divided into two groups and trained by two methods of PBL and group base learning in psychiatry field. Each group was trained by two methods. Each group was self-control. Data was gathered by multiple choice question in two part of study. Analysis was done by T-test and paired T-test with SPSS.
Overall both methods increased students’ knowledge in two groups but the mean score of learning from group base learning was higher than problem base learning. Comparison between the mean score of learning from two methods showed that before training which was not signifi cant. But after training that was signifi cant. (P=0.02)
Regard to the result and without preferring one method to the other one, We recommended that using critical method inside the common teaching can provide effective learning for the students and also participating students in learning as a group base learning can increase effective learning.
Students Learning, Problem Based Learning, Group Base Learning, Active Learning
