Biosensors Show Promise as a Measure of Student Engagement in a Large Introductory Biology Course.

ABSTRACT: This study measured student engagement in real time through the use of skin biosensors, specifically galvanic skin response (GSR), in a large undergraduate lecture classroom. The study was conducted during an intervention in an introductory-level biology course (N = 420) in which one section of the course was taught with active-learning approaches and the other with traditional didactic teaching. GSR results were aligned and correlated with the Classroom Observation Protocol for Undergraduate STEM, or COPUS, and student self-reflections on their own engagement. Results showed that the active-learning section spent more time working in groups, resulting in GSR measures that trended higher and self-reported engagement, while showing indications of higher content learning gains compare

SUBMITTER: McNeal KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8693938 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature