Effectiveness of structured handouts lectures and oral discussion on the
performance of science students in the basic biochemistry course
Abstract
The aim of this article was to investigate the effect of structured
handouts lectures and oral discussions on the academic performance of
biochemistry students. The biochemistry course of science Bachelor
students was implemented through structured handouts lectures using the
lecturer and the mobile as information sources , oral discussions and
practical sessions. The opinion of the students about the instruction
methods was investigated through a questionnaire. The academic
performance of the students was compared to the performance of a
previous student batch who studied the course through traditional
lectures and practical sessions only. The obtained results were analyzed
using the SPSS program and the t-test percent. According to the
university regulations the pass mark was set as 60. 85.9% was the
percentage of pass students who studied the course through the
structured handouts , oral discussion and practical session while the
percentage of the pass students who studied the course through
traditional lectures and practical sessions was 78.8%. However, the
difference between the two percentages was insignificant (p- value=
0.25). The questionnaire analysis showed that 63.2% of the students
believed that the structured handouts lectures and the oral discussions
were excellent and 79.4% of the students advised the course coordinator
to adopt this teaching method for the future batches.
structured handouts lectures and oral discussions improved the
performance of biochemistry students and they advised to adopt the
method for future batches of biochemistry.