Effect Of Facilitation In A Problem-Based Environment On The Meta Cognition, Motivation And Self-Directed Learning In Nursing: A Quasi Experimental Study Among Nurse Students In Tanzania

ABSTRACT

The study intended to investigate the effect of facilitation in a problem-based environment (FPBE) on metacognition, self-directed learning and learning motivation to undergraduate nurse student in Tanzanian higher learning institutions. It was a quasi-experimental study with quantitative research approach. A purposive sampling technique was employed for achieving a sample size of 401 undergraduate nurse students (interventional = 134 and control = 267). The semi-structured questionnaire; was the main data collection methods and the Statistical Package for Service Solution (v. 20) software program was used for data entry, data analysis, and presentation. The pre-post test results between groups indicated noticeably significant change in which metacognition in an intervention (M = 1.52, SD = 0.501) against the control (M = 1.40, SD = 0.490), t (399) = 2.398, p