Contribution of Coloring Activity to Learning in Anatomy Education

Aim: This study aims to examine the effects of drawing and coloring-based learning methods on students' academic success in anatomy which is one of the basic courses of medical education.Material and Methods: The study was conducted with 2nd term students of the Faculty of Medicine during the "Circulatory and Respiratory System" committee. Participants were included in the study on a voluntary basis and were divided into two groups according to their learning preferences: those working with traditional methods and those using coloring-based methods. All students were administered a multiple-choice formative exam consisting of 20 questions; then, the scores related to anatomy from the committee's general exam were recorded. The obtained data were analyzed with SPSS 22.0.Results: 40% of the 70 students participating in the study preferred coloring-based methods. It was determined that the group using coloring showed statistically significantly higher performance in both subject-specific exam scores and general anatomy success scores (p