The effect of classes through Google Classroom due to COVID-19 on nursing education

ABSTRACT

This study was conducted to develop and evaluate the impact of education through Google Classroom on nursing education such as critical thinking, problem-solving ability, self-regulated learning ability and academic major satisfaction with the face-to-face instructional closure due to COVID-19. The methodology used in this research is a quasi-experimental study of a group of pretest-posttest design, which was designed to check for differences before and after the intervention through Google Classroom to the treatment group. For a total of six weeks from March 16, 2020 to April 24, 2020, H University, located in J city, has taught eight nursing courses in the first, second, third and fourth grades through Google Classroom. The collected data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and paired t-test using the SPSS WIN 23.0 program. The effects of education with Google Classroom on critical thinking ability, problem-solving ability, self-regulated ability and academic major satisfaction were statistically significant as follows;critical thinking ability ((t =,-3.48 p =).000), self-regulating learning ability (t = -3.35, p = .001), problem-solving ability (t = -3.49, p = .001), and academic major satisfaction (t = -2.81, p = .016). The above findings confirmed that applying Google Classroom to nursing education can have a positive impact on critical thinking, problem-solving ability and self-regulated learning ability among nursing students, and increase academic major satisfaction.