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Giving Students Time for the Academic Resources that Work
Author(s) -
Taraban Roman,
Hayes Matthew W.,
Anderson Edward E.,
Sharma M. P.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2004.tb00807.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , mathematics education , resource (disambiguation) , work (physics) , relation (database) , time management , psychology , open educational resources , educational resources , knowledge management , work time , computer science , medical education , pedagogy , engineering , medicine , mechanical engineering , computer network , database , operating system
Engineering courses offer students multiple resources for learning; however, it is not clear how much time students devote to these resources or how effective they are for mastering the course material. We examined students' use of learning resources in introductory thermodynamics through the use of activity logs, and the relation of these self‐reports to objective measures of course performance. Self‐report data revealed that students generally favored some resources over others, that these resources were mutually supportive of instruction, and that measures of resource use were significantly correlated with each other and with academic performance. We suggest that knowledge of how students allocate time to course resources, and correlations between the use of these resources and course performance, could assist instructors in course and curriculum planning.