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Article

Effectiveness of a Hybrid Project-Based Learning (H-PBL) Approach for Students’ Knowledge Gain and Satisfaction in a Plant Tissue Culture Course

by
Carmen Martín
1,*,
Ignacio Moreno Segarra
2,
Miguel A. Ibáñez
3,
Sara Mira
1,
Carmen Fajardo
4 and
Maria Elena González-Benito
1
1
Department of Biotechnology-Plant Biology, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), 28040 Madrid, Spain
2
Department of Journalism and New Media, Facultad de Ciencias de la Información, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), 28040 Madrid, Spain
3
Department of Agricultural Economics, Statistics and Business Management, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), 28040 Madrid, Spain
4
Department of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (UAH), 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
*
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Educ. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 335; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11070335
Submission received: 9 June 2021 / Revised: 28 June 2021 / Accepted: 28 June 2021 / Published: 6 July 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Higher Education)
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Abstract

The main objective of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of two learning methodologies in a Plant Tissue Culture course of a Biotechnology degree—lecture-based and hybrid project-based learning—in which a project assignment was included. The effectiveness of these two systems was compared based on the students’ knowledge acquisition and the perception of their satisfaction. In this study, we evaluated the scores obtained by students in a written exam and the results of a satisfaction survey. The assessment showed that students attained improved marks in the written exam after being taught using the hybrid method. The incorporation of the project assignment in the Plant Tissue Culture program also improved the general perception that the students had of the course. The project assignment allowed the students to achieve new learning outcomes directly related to experimental work and the scientific method. The teachers perceived the hybrid project-based learning method positively, as students not only improved their knowledge gain, but were also more involved in the course.
Keywords: project-based learning; plant tissue culture; undergraduate students; students’ satisfaction project-based learning; plant tissue culture; undergraduate students; students’ satisfaction

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Martín, C.; Moreno Segarra, I.; Ibáñez, M.A.; Mira, S.; Fajardo, C.; González-Benito, M.E. Effectiveness of a Hybrid Project-Based Learning (H-PBL) Approach for Students’ Knowledge Gain and Satisfaction in a Plant Tissue Culture Course. Educ. Sci. 2021, 11, 335. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11070335

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Martín C, Moreno Segarra I, Ibáñez MA, Mira S, Fajardo C, González-Benito ME. Effectiveness of a Hybrid Project-Based Learning (H-PBL) Approach for Students’ Knowledge Gain and Satisfaction in a Plant Tissue Culture Course. Education Sciences. 2021; 11(7):335. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11070335

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Martín, Carmen, Ignacio Moreno Segarra, Miguel A. Ibáñez, Sara Mira, Carmen Fajardo, and Maria Elena González-Benito. 2021. "Effectiveness of a Hybrid Project-Based Learning (H-PBL) Approach for Students’ Knowledge Gain and Satisfaction in a Plant Tissue Culture Course" Education Sciences 11, no. 7: 335. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11070335

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Martín, C., Moreno Segarra, I., Ibáñez, M. A., Mira, S., Fajardo, C., & González-Benito, M. E. (2021). Effectiveness of a Hybrid Project-Based Learning (H-PBL) Approach for Students’ Knowledge Gain and Satisfaction in a Plant Tissue Culture Course. Education Sciences, 11(7), 335. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11070335

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