Using a volitional help sheet to increase university students' attendance at synchronous online lectures: A randomized controlled trial

IF 3.1 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL

British Journal of Educational Psychology Pub Date : 2023-11-28 DOI:10.1111/bjep.12647

Mark A. Elliott, Allan McGroarty, David J. Robertson

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Abstract

Background

A volitional help sheet (VHS) is an intervention for promoting implementation intentions. This study was the first to test the effectiveness of a VHS for increasing university students' lecture attendance.

Aims

To develop a VHS to increase university students’ lecture attendance and test its effectiveness at increasing the proportion of lectures attended, and promoting the maintenance of lecture attendance, over an 11-week teaching semester.

Sample and Method

One hundred and seventy-eight undergraduate students enrolled in a psychology degree programme were allocated at random to a VHS or active control condition. Prior to intervention, measures of goal intention to attend lectures and trait conscientiousness were collected using self-report, online questionnaires. Over the following 11-week teaching semester, attendance at synchronous (live) online lectures was measured.

Results

The VHS condition attended a greater proportion of lectures and maintained their lecture attendance for longer than did the active control condition. These effects were not sensitive to underlying goal intentions, although the sample means on the measures of goal intention were approaching ceiling. Trait conscientiousness increased the effects of the VHS on the proportion of lectures attended.

Conclusions

VHSs constitute useful interventions for increasing and maintaining university students' lecture attendance.

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使用意志帮助表提高大学生同步在线讲座的出勤率:一项随机对照试验。

背景:意志帮助表(VHS)是一种促进实现意图的干预手段。本研究首次测试了VHS对提高大学生听课出勤率的有效性。目的:在为期11周的教学学期中，开发一个VHS来提高大学生的听课率，并测试其在提高听课比例和促进听课率维持方面的有效性。样本和方法:178名心理学学位课程的本科生被随机分配到VHS或主动控制条件。干预前，采用自我报告、在线问卷收集听课目标意向和特质尽责性的测量数据。在接下来的11周教学学期中，同步(实时)在线讲座的出勤率被测量。结果:与主动对照组相比，VHS组学生听课的比例更高，听课时间也更长。这些效应对潜在目标意图不敏感，尽管目标意图测量的样本均值接近上限。尽责性特质增加了VHS对听课比例的影响。结论:vhs是提高和维持大学生听课率的有效干预措施。

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British Journal of Educational Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL-

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7.70

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期刊介绍： The British Journal of Educational Psychology publishes original psychological research pertaining to education across all ages and educational levels including: - cognition - learning - motivation - literacy - numeracy and language - behaviour - social-emotional development - developmental difficulties linked to educational psychology or the psychology of education