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Title: 'Ain't nothin' like the real thing'. Motivation and study processes on a work-based project course in information systems design.
Authors: Helle, Laura (AUTHOR), Tynjälä, Päivi (AUTHOR), Olkinuora, Erkki (AUTHOR), Lonka, Kirsti (AUTHOR)
Source: British Journal of Educational Psychology. Jun2007, Vol. 77 Issue 2, p397-411. 15p.
Subjects: Motivation (Psychology), Project method in teaching, Activity programs in education, Object-teaching, Information resources, Information resources management, Student-centered learning
Abstract: Background. Advocates of the project method claim that project-based learning inspires student learning. However, it has been claimed that project-based learning environments demand quite a bit of self-regulation on the part of the learner. Aims. Consequently, it was tested whether students scoring low in self-regulation of learning experienced ‘friction’, an incompatibility between student self-regulation and the demands posed by the learning environment. This would be manifest in cognitive processing and motivation. Samples. The target group consisted of 58 mainly third-year Finnish university students taking a mandatory project course in information systems design. During the project course, student teams completed a commissioned assignment. The study also included a matched nonequivalent comparison group composed of computer science students attending study programmes without a project-based component. Methods. Data were gathered by means of a questionnaire administered at the beginning and end of the project course and it was analysed by between-groups repeated measures ANOVA. In addition, the students on the course were interviewed. Results. Results suggest that the work-based project model in question may indeed have a substantial motivational impact, interestingly benefitting especially those students who scored low in self-regulation. Conclusions. It is argued that we tend to view learning environments too simplistically. In particular, a basic distinction should be made between individual and collaborative learning contexts, since peer scaffolding, group grading and choice of group roles may explain why students scoring low in self-regulation of learning did not encounter friction as expected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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