Assessing student engagement with teamwork in an online, large-enrollment course-based undergraduate research experience in physics

Werth, Alexandra; Oliver, Kristin A.; West, Colin G.; Lewandowski, H. J.

doi:10.1103/physrevphyseducres.18.020128

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“…Teamwork positively impacts SE as it promotes heightened learning when students can explore and practice their learned skills with teammates (Backer et al, 2018). Teamwork improved SE in research studies also (Werth et al, 2022). A study conducted by Hurst et al (2013) indicated that students' social interaction with team members made students view concepts from multiple perspectives and improved their problem-solving and critical thinking skills along with boosting their engagement.…”

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“…Existing research has focused on the importance of teamwork skills in SE in HEIs (Kerestes et al. , 2021; Werth et al. , 2022; Digamon, 2022), yet there is a scarcity of scholarly studies investigating the relationship between teamwork skills, PWB and SE in the Indian context.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Existing research has focused on the importance of teamwork skills in SE in HEIs (Kerestes et al, 2021;Werth et al, 2022;Digamon, 2022), yet there is a scarcity of scholarly studies investigating the relationship between teamwork skills, PWB and SE in the Indian context. To bridge this research gap, this study aims to explore how teamwork skills impact SE and how varying levels of PWB can either facilitate or hinder the development of teamwork skills, subsequently influencing SE in HEIs.…”

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Student engagement through teamwork skills: the mediating role of psychological well-being

Bhargava,

Sharma

2023

HESWBL

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PurposeThe study aims to examine the mediating effect of psychological well-being (PWB) on the relationship between teamwork skills and student engagement (SE) in higher education institutional setups.Design/methodology/approachThe study used a triangulation mixed-methods approach. Data were collected from final-year students pursuing post-graduation and graduation in private colleges in India. In the main study, quantitative data was gathered from 276 students through a survey. The relationship among the variables-teamwork skills, SE and PWB was empirically validated through path analysis; mediation was also conducted. In the auxiliary study, qualitative data was gathered through focus group sessions and was analyzed using thematic analysis.FindingsResults depicted that teamwork skills positively predict students' engagement with their academic program. Additionally, PWB partially mediates the relationship between teamwork skills and SE.Originality/valueThe study was conducted to expand understanding of aspects related to promoting students' engagement in HEIs in Delhi and Haryana through being attentive toward teamwork skills development and through taking care of students' PWB.

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2023

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“…Since the initiation of PER studies, learning transformation has been evaluated most often by probing student performance (Ding et al, 2006;Hake, 1998;Maloney et al, 2001). As well as the cognitive aspects, PER scholars are interested in examining the attitudinal variable that could be considered a supportive factor influencing effective instruction (Buxner et al, 2018;Crouch et al, 2018;Douglas et al, 2014;Fox et al, 2021;Kortemeyer, 2007;Mason & Singh, 2010;Werth et al, 2022).…”

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An Online Physics Laboratory Delivered Through Live Broadcasting Media: A COVID-19 Teaching Experience

Setiaji

Santoso

2023

IRRODL

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The COVID-19 pandemic has constituted a sudden educational transformation around the world. It has disrupted instructors, including physics educators, forcing them to adjust to remote teaching. The hands-on laboratory, one of the components of physics instruction, has also had to rapidly go online in all branches of this science, including nuclear physics. In this study, live broadcasting media was designed to conduct a remote nuclear physics laboratory. We then evaluated the immediate impact of this new mode of lab instruction on students’ learning and attitude toward this type of instruction. Fifty-nine 3rd-year physics students at a public university in Indonesia participated in this study. The effectiveness of instruction was examined by analyzing both weekly reports and open-ended responses about students’ learning experiences. In summary, it was evident that live broadcasting media was an effective way to conduct an online nuclear physics laboratory. Accordingly, students’ attitudes demonstrated constructive behaviors about their remote laboratorial experiences. Our findings imply that online platforms are one way to offer the physics laboratory during unanticipated transitions such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Students’ preference for a hands-on laboratory and the technical issues reported during the broadcasting session should be further examined to help design a remote nuclear physics laboratory that is even more accessible and enjoyable.

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“…This process is described in detail in Section 3.6. A more detailed description of the course, educational objectives, and results of student learning can be found in Werth et al (2022cWerth et al ( , 2022bWerth et al ( , 2022a.…”

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Coronal Heating as Determined by the Solar Flare Frequency Distribution Obtained by Aggregating Case Studies

Mason

Werth

West

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ApJ

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Flare frequency distributions represent a key approach to addressing one of the largest problems in solar and stellar physics: determining the mechanism that counterintuitively heats coronae to temperatures that are orders of magnitude hotter than the corresponding photospheres. It is widely accepted that the magnetic field is responsible for the heating, but there are two competing mechanisms that could explain it: nanoflares or Alfvén waves. To date, neither can be directly observed. Nanoflares are, by definition, extremely small, but their aggregate energy release could represent a substantial heating mechanism, presuming they are sufficiently abundant. One way to test this presumption is via the flare frequency distribution, which describes how often flares of various energies occur. If the slope of the power law fitting the flare frequency distribution is above a critical threshold, α = 2 as established in prior literature, then there should be a sufficient abundance of nanoflares to explain coronal heating. We performed >600 case studies of solar flares, made possible by an unprecedented number of data analysts via three semesters of an undergraduate physics laboratory course. This allowed us to include two crucial, but nontrivial, analysis methods: preflare baseline subtraction and computation of the flare energy, which requires determining flare start and stop times. We aggregated the results of these analyses into a statistical study to determine that α = 1.63 ± 0.03. This is below the critical threshold, suggesting that Alfvén waves are an important driver of coronal heating.

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Assessing student engagement with teamwork in an online, large-enrollment course-based undergraduate research experience in physics

Cited by 7 publications

References 58 publications

Student engagement through teamwork skills: the mediating role of psychological well-being

Student engagement through teamwork skills: the mediating role of psychological well-being

An Online Physics Laboratory Delivered Through Live Broadcasting Media: A COVID-19 Teaching Experience

Coronal Heating as Determined by the Solar Flare Frequency Distribution Obtained by Aggregating Case Studies

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