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Enhanced numeracy skills following team-based learning in United States pharmacy students: a longitudinal cohort study


ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The literature suggests that the ability to numerate cannot be fully understood without accounting for the social context in which mathematical activity is represented. Team-based learning (TBL) is an andragogical approach with theoretical links to sociocultural and community-of-practice learning. This study aimed to quantitatively explore the impact of TBL instruction on numeracy development in 2 cohorts of pharmacy students and identify the impact of TBL instruction on numeracy development from a social perspective for healthcare education.

Methods

Two cohorts of students were administered the Health Science Reasoning Test-Numeracy (HSRT-N) before beginning pharmacy school. Two years after using TBL as the primary method of instruction, both comprehensive and domain data from the HSRT-N were analyzed.

Results

In total, 163 pharmacy student scores met the inclusion criteria. The students’ numeracy skills measured by HSRT-N improved after 2 years of TBL instruction.

Conclusion

Numeracy was the most significantly improved HSRT-N domain in pharmacy students following two years of TBL instruction. Although a closer examination of numeracy development in TBL is warranted, initial data suggest that TBL instruction may be an adequate proxy for advancing numeracy in a cohort of pharmacy students. TBL may encourage a social practice of mathematics to improve pharmacy students’ ability to numerate critically.

SUBMITTER: Carpenter RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9811131 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Enhanced numeracy skills following team-based learning in United States pharmacy students: a longitudinal cohort study

Carpenter Rob Edwin RE   Coyne Leanne L   Silberman Dave D   Takemoto Jody Kyoto JK  

Journal of educational evaluation for health professions 20221027


<h4>Purpose</h4>The literature suggests that the ability to numerate cannot be fully understood without accounting for the social context in which mathematical activity is represented. Team-based learning (TBL) is an andragogical approach with theoretical links to sociocultural and community-of-practice learning. This study aimed to quantitatively explore the impact of TBL instruction on numeracy development in 2 cohorts of pharmacy students and identify the impact of TBL instruction on numeracy  ...[more]

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