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ERIC Number: EJ1459676
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-2473-3792
EISSN: EISSN-2473-3806
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Eliciting Academic Help-Seeking in a Hybrid Human Anatomy & Physiology Course Using Muddiest Point Assignments
Hilary Engebretson; Suzanne Hood
HAPS Educator, v28 n3 p4-12 2024
Academic help-seeking can allow students to moderate their anxiety in difficult academic contexts, but students often shy away from asking for needed assistance. Muddiest point assignments in a hybrid human anatomy and physiology (A&P) course can address student struggles with academic help-seeking by making it an activity in which all students are expected to participate. The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate the use of a muddiest point reflection as a regular, mandatory component of a hybrid A&P course to determine if it could increase students' academic self-efficacy and reduce their anxiety around asking for assistance. Data was collected through pre-and post-course surveys to compare students' self-assessed self-efficacy and anxiety scores before and after using muddiest point reflections over the whole term. There was no significant difference between student self-efficacy or anxiety between the start and end of term. This pilot study suggests that further investigations into which factors influence and are influenced by academic help-seeking will clarify the development of effective help-seeking interventions. This study was supported as part of the Community College Anatomy and Physiology Education Research (CAPER) project (2111119).
Human Anatomy and Physiology Society. PO Box 2945, LeGrange, GA 30421. e-mail: editor@hapsconnect.org; Web site: https://www.hapsweb.org/page/hapsed_home
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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