Analysis of student's reflections upon the efficacy of their note-taking activities in a blended learning course

Abstract

Student's emotional aspects are often discussed in order to promote better learning activity in blended learning courses. To observe these factors, course participant's self efficacy and reflection upon their learning were surveyed, in addition to the surveying of the metrics of student's characteristics during a Bachelor level credit course. The number of valid participants in the course was 40. First, two factors which measure self efficacy were extracted, and the course was evaluated using these factor scores and other indices of student's reflections. Second, to analyse the relationships among the variables, a causal analysis was conducted. The contributions of the factors of self efficacy and other student's characteristics were evaluated in several causal relationships. In particular, the effectiveness of note-taking activity was discussed.