Factors Influencing Student Motivations and Experiences in STEM Course Office Hours.

ABSTRACT: Office hours are a part of nearly all science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses, with many academic and affective benefits for students who attend. However, despite their ubiquity, there has only been limited past work examining the sources of knowledge students draw from to shape their perceptions of office hours, as well as the factors that influence students' experiences in STEM course office hours. Here, we conducted semistructured interviews with 20 students enrolled in an introductory STEM course to investigate what motivates students to attend STEM course office hours, the factors that shape their experiences in office hours, and what influenced their conceptions of office hours. We situate our work using expectancy value theory and racialized opportunity cost

SUBMITTER: Dauber GR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12286627 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature