Empowering Students towards Self-Directed Learning Using Multiple Choice Questions Construction as a Learning Tool in a Private Medical College: A Mixed Quantitative and Qualitative Study
Objective: To determine the effectiveness of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) construction as a learning tool for empowering the students towards self-directed learning. Study Design: Mixed quantitative and qualitative study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at Department of Obs...
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| author | Nilofar Mustafa Shazia Tufail Maria Ahmad Qurat ul Ain Mushtaq Pakeeza Aslam Riffat Sarwar |
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| description | Objective: To determine the effectiveness of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) construction as a learning tool
for empowering the students towards self-directed learning.
Study Design: Mixed quantitative and qualitative study.
Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, CMH
st th Lahore Medical College, from 1 April to 30 September 2019.
Materials and Methods: All students of final year MBBS were divided into two groups. After a pre-test (test 1)
of MCQs, they attended a workshop on construction of MCQs, followed by construction and vetting of MCQs by
students. The students took a test (test 2) based on those MCQs and evaluated it, followed by post-test (test 3)
08 weeks later to assess deep learning. Semi structured in-depth interviews of 10 randomly selected students
based on 10 open ended questions were conducted about their perceptions of learning. Quantitative data
analysis was performed using SPSS version 17. A thematic analysis was performed for the qualitative data.
Results: Comparison of pre and post-tests yielded a p value of 0.013, which is statistically significant.
Comparison of the mean results of tests 1 and 2 yielded a p value of 0.001, which is also statistically significant.
The qualitative component of the study revealed that use of MCQ construction to enhance self-directed
learning was highly appreciated by the students as a learning tool.
Conclusion: MCQ construction when used as a learning tool improved the self-directed learning of the
students. Experience of construction of MCQs enhanced the cognitive skills of the students while being highly
acceptable. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d19dea04a2b447a19903fa7addcbd2e42025-08-20T02:12:30ZengNational University of Medical SciencesLife and Science2521-04752708-29702021-12-01316610.37185/LnS.1.1.212212Empowering Students towards Self-Directed Learning Using Multiple Choice Questions Construction as a Learning Tool in a Private Medical College: A Mixed Quantitative and Qualitative StudyNilofar Mustafa0Shazia Tufail1Maria Ahmad2Qurat ul Ain Mushtaq3Pakeeza Aslam4Riffat Sarwar5CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry, Lahore, PakistanCMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry, Lahore, PakistanCMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry, Lahore, PakistanCMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry, Lahore, PakistanCMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry, Lahore, PakistanCMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry, Lahore, PakistanObjective: To determine the effectiveness of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) construction as a learning tool for empowering the students towards self-directed learning. Study Design: Mixed quantitative and qualitative study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, CMH st th Lahore Medical College, from 1 April to 30 September 2019. Materials and Methods: All students of final year MBBS were divided into two groups. After a pre-test (test 1) of MCQs, they attended a workshop on construction of MCQs, followed by construction and vetting of MCQs by students. The students took a test (test 2) based on those MCQs and evaluated it, followed by post-test (test 3) 08 weeks later to assess deep learning. Semi structured in-depth interviews of 10 randomly selected students based on 10 open ended questions were conducted about their perceptions of learning. Quantitative data analysis was performed using SPSS version 17. A thematic analysis was performed for the qualitative data. Results: Comparison of pre and post-tests yielded a p value of 0.013, which is statistically significant. Comparison of the mean results of tests 1 and 2 yielded a p value of 0.001, which is also statistically significant. The qualitative component of the study revealed that use of MCQ construction to enhance self-directed learning was highly appreciated by the students as a learning tool. Conclusion: MCQ construction when used as a learning tool improved the self-directed learning of the students. Experience of construction of MCQs enhanced the cognitive skills of the students while being highly acceptable.https://ojs.lifenscience.org/index.php/life-and-science/article/view/212learning, learning tool, medical students, multiple choice questions, psychometrics, self-directed learning. |
| spellingShingle | Nilofar Mustafa Shazia Tufail Maria Ahmad Qurat ul Ain Mushtaq Pakeeza Aslam Riffat Sarwar Empowering Students towards Self-Directed Learning Using Multiple Choice Questions Construction as a Learning Tool in a Private Medical College: A Mixed Quantitative and Qualitative Study Life and Science learning, learning tool, medical students, multiple choice questions, psychometrics, self-directed learning. |
| title | Empowering Students towards Self-Directed Learning Using Multiple Choice Questions Construction as a Learning Tool in a Private Medical College: A Mixed Quantitative and Qualitative Study |
| title_full | Empowering Students towards Self-Directed Learning Using Multiple Choice Questions Construction as a Learning Tool in a Private Medical College: A Mixed Quantitative and Qualitative Study |
| title_fullStr | Empowering Students towards Self-Directed Learning Using Multiple Choice Questions Construction as a Learning Tool in a Private Medical College: A Mixed Quantitative and Qualitative Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Empowering Students towards Self-Directed Learning Using Multiple Choice Questions Construction as a Learning Tool in a Private Medical College: A Mixed Quantitative and Qualitative Study |
| title_short | Empowering Students towards Self-Directed Learning Using Multiple Choice Questions Construction as a Learning Tool in a Private Medical College: A Mixed Quantitative and Qualitative Study |
| title_sort | empowering students towards self directed learning using multiple choice questions construction as a learning tool in a private medical college a mixed quantitative and qualitative study |
| topic | learning, learning tool, medical students, multiple choice questions, psychometrics, self-directed learning. |
| url | https://ojs.lifenscience.org/index.php/life-and-science/article/view/212 |
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