The effects of teaching methods on academic motivation in nursing students: A systematic review

Motivation is one of the key factors in educational achievement. Like any other field of study, motivation in nursing is highly critical. The instructor’s knowledge about the teaching methods that are effective in academic motivation of students enables them to adopt proper measures to improve the teaching efficiency. The present paper is a systemic review of the efficiency of instructional interventions in improvement of academic motivation in nursing students. The published papers related to the study from 2000 to February 2020 were searched at different databases such as PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, PsycInfo, and ERIC. To examine the quality of the articles, critical appraisal instrument for reports of educational interventions was used. Totally, 18 articles entered the study for structured review. The majority of the articles reported that educational interventions improved academic motivation in nursing students. The effective teaching methods described in the reviewed articles that led to an improvement in academic motivation were simulation, case‑based learning, cooperative learning, learning contract, peer assessment, and self‑assessment using video typing. As the findings showed, implementation of applied and participatory methods in teaching process improved the academic motivation of nursing students. Therefore, using such methods, nursing instructors can improve the academic motivation of their students.