Effectiveness of project￣based on learning of COVID￣19 prevention and protection among primary school students

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of project- based learning of COVID- 19 prevention and protection among pri- mary school students. Methods In February 2020 all the participants were selected from grade one grade three and grade six in a primary school in Hefei and were randomly assigned into the experimental group 532 students and the control group 530 students. Project- based learning methods was administered in health education of COVID- 19 prevention and protection in the ex- perimental group for two weeks with the traditional health education for the control group. Questionnaire survey was conducted be- fore and after experimental. Results After carrying out project- based learning the awareness rate of COVID- 19 protection knowl- edge in the project group was 99.43% while that in the control group was 74.74% after traditional education methods the propor- tion of excellent students was 96.43% in intervention group and 45.11% in control group with significant statistical difference χ2 = 346.62 P<0.01. Conclusion Project- based learning is superior than traditional health education in terms of improvement in self- protection against COVID- 19 among students. © 2022 The authors.