Application of Computer-aided Concept Map in Nursing Teaching

This article aims at discussing application of the computer-aided concept map in nursing classroom teaching. Based on case studies, the teacher performed teaching on second-year and third-year students majored in nursing and selected from Grades 2010-2014 in the university by using the concept map software and adopted a classroom observation method, a questionaries’ method and a concept map evaluation method to understand the students’ learning status. The results showed that the computer-aided concept map teaching could promote the students to tease out knowledge and improve their ability sufficient for clinical judgment. It follows that the computer-aided concept map teaching can well assist teachers to perform teaching design, evaluation and reflection, enhance critical thinking ability and learning reflection ability of the students, and improve the teaching effect effectively.