comparison of the effect of concept mapping and nursing process on self-regulated learning, self-efficacy and cognitive strategies in nursing students

comparison of the effect of concept mapping and nursing process on self-regulated learning, self-efficacy and cognitive strategies in nursing students     rezaei k [1] *, kouhestani h [2] , nejat n [3] , ebrahimi fakhar h [4]     received: 12 oct , 2011 accepted: 20 jan , 2012     abstract   background & aims : the success of nursing students depends on the understanding of complex concepts and applying them in their care, nursing process is a linear model that can&apos;t show the relationships between concepts. concept map is a meta-cognition strategy that can enhance the learning process by showing the relationship between concepts. this study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of concept mapping and nursing process on self-regulated learning, self-efficacy and cognitive strategies of nursing students of arak university of medical sciences.   materials & methods : this was a pre-post quasi-experimental study with control group of 53 nursing students participating. they were divided randomly into two groups, control (nursing process, n=25) and experimental group (concept mapping, n=28). motivated strategies for learning questionnaire (mslq) was used to assess self-regulated learning, self-efficacy and cognitive strategies. data were analyzed by spss-16 software using independent t test.   result : there were not statistical differences of pretest scores and demographic characteristics between two groups. the increase in self-efficacy and cognitive strategies posttest mean scores in comparison to pretest was statistically significant in concept mapping group (p<0.05).statistically significant treatment-control group differences were found in the mean scores for self-efficacy and cognitive strategies (p<0.05). no statistical significance was found in self-regulated learning.   conclusion : the use of concept mapping as a metacognitive intervention will increase the self-efficacy and cognitive strategies in nursing students.   keywords: concept mapping, nursing students, self-efficacy, cognitive strategies, self-regulated learning     address: nursing department, faculty of nursing and midwifery arak university of medical sciences arak , iran tel: (+98)918367762 , fax: (+98)8614173524   email : [email protected]   [1] instructor, department of nursing, faculty of nursing and midwifery, arak university of medical sciences(corresponding author)  [2] instructor, department of nursing, saveh faculty of nursing, arak university of medical sciences  [3] instructor, department of nursing, saveh faculty of nursing, arak university of medical sciences  [4] instructor, department of nursing, saveh faculty of nursing, arak university of medical sciences