Engineering students' approaches to learning in two student-centred instructional models before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
European Journal of Engineering Education
; : 1-27, 2023.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
In this study, we investigated how well two different student-centred instructional models fostered engineering students' learning in a time of crisis. We analysed students' (N = 375) approaches to learning during four engineering mathematics courses in a Finnish university before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Students' deep and surface approaches to learning, as well as organised studying, were measured five times during an eight-month period. For the control group the student-centred elements were added to the framework of traditional lecture-based teaching, whereas the intervention group's instructional model disrupted the structures of traditional teaching more profoundly. Our results indicate that the pandemic and related restrictions were linked to a decrease in students' deep approach to learning and organised studying, and an increase of surface approach to learning in both groups. However, the intervention group's instructional model supported the deep approach to learning better than that of the control group. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of European Journal of Engineering Education is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)
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European Journal of Engineering Education
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2023
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