A Comparison of Multimedia and Traditional Paper Assignments in an Introductory Psychology Course
| Autor: | Zamen Abo-Zebiba, Monica A. Riordan, Joseph Marsh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Introductory psychology
Multimedia 05 social sciences 050301 education 050109 social psychology Student engagement computer.software_genre Education Course (navigation) ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology 0503 education computer General Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Teaching of Psychology. 49:130-135 |
| ISSN: | 1532-8023 0098-6283 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0098628320954192 |
| Popis: | Background: Multimedia creation and curation for assignments have the potential to engage students in deeper learning. Objective: This study explored whether the same homework assignments delivered in paper versus multimedia format resulted in different student experiences. Method: Introductory psychology students submitted either traditional papers or multimedia projects to address the same assignment prompt, a process that was repeated seven times throughout four courses and was either instructor-determined or student-selected. Students were surveyed about the assignment formats, and assignment grades were analyzed. Results: Overall, students found the multimedia assignments more engaging, more enjoyable, more interesting, and more difficult than paper assignments. When assignments were instructor-determined, students reported higher perceived learning for the multimedia assignments. Assignment grades were not significantly different between assignment formats. Conclusion and teaching implications: These results suggest that moving traditional paper assignments into a multimedia format is a no-cost way to improve the student experience. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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