The Outcomes of Integrating Concept Mapping in Nursing Education: An Integrative Review

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this review was to investigate the current state of knowledge about the effectiveness of concept mapping in nursing education. Methods: An integrative review adapted a systematic approach. Also, after an extensive search from different databases, ten articles were retrieved and fully reviewed. Results: The ten reviewed articles were adopted quantitative, qualitative, and mixed method designs. Four main themes were identified: 1) from passive to active learners, 2) establishing new knowledge, 3) improving cognitive abilities, and 4) self-confidences in clinical work. Conclusion: Nursing literature supports the importance of including concept maps in nursing education. Educators believe that concept mapping is a motivating teaching strategy, hence, it is fostering the long-term and meaningful learning. Also, the findings of this study might encourage nursing educators to evaluate the current teaching strategies, also, this review might initiate future studies with larger sample size.

Effect of concept mapping on problem solving skills, competence in clinical setting and knowledge among undergraduate nursing students

“…These finding is in the same line with BouJaoude & Attieh (2008) [48] who said that the result of their study showed that the total scores on the concept map showed a significant correlation with the scores on the application and level items on the posttest. In addition to Khrais & Saleh (2017) [49] who said that by using concept map assessment rubric, a quasi-experimental study for 102 nursing students revealed that concept mapping is directly correlated with students' abilities to solve problem independently.…”

Active learning methods used in nursing education

“…Although it is a method that has been started to be used since the early 1980s, it was first used in nursing education in 1992 (Daley, Morgan, & Beman, 2016). This technique is used in clinical applications, case presentations and lectures in nursing education (Bayindir et al, 2015;Khrais & Saleh, 2017;Trevisani et al, 2016;Uslu et al, 2013).…”

“…The concept map is an innovative method that will facilitate students' learning process (El-Hay, El Mezayen, & Ahmed, 2018;Rosciano, 2015). It should be supported by instructors and students as a learning method (Jaafarpour, Aazami, & Mozafari, 2016;Khrais & Saleh, 2017). "The CMap Tools Concept" and "Mind Map Program" are also available for creating concept maps.…”

Improving an AI-Based Algorithm to Automatically Generate Concept Maps

“…On the other hand, the process of constructing concept maps is considered to be a tedious task as a reasonable amount of time and effort are consumed in analyzing the different associations among the concepts to generate a concept map of good quality (Khrais & Saleh, 2017). Due to the limitations, some researches such as Atapattu et al (2017), , Huang, Yang, & Lawrence (2015), , Zubrinic, Kalpic, & Milicevic (2012) and Chen & Sue (2013), have proposed intelligent tools and algorithms to automate this process and generate accurate maps in comparatively lesser time and efforts.…”