利用智能工作表支持生物医学科学中的定量技能：意图、影响与参与障碍

摘要(中文译文)

大学生群体日益多样化，凸显了包容性支持策略的迫切需求。学生的学习成果往往仍与社会经济因素和三级资格证书相关联，这对高校提出了营造公平学习环境的挑战，尤其是在定量分析等基础技能方面。本研究探讨了扩大参与（widening participation，WP）特征对学生参与和感知由LearnSci与生物医学科学研究所合作开发的新型异步数字化智能工作表（Smart Worksheets）的影响。研究对象为英国诺森比亚大学攻读生物医学科学模块三级至六级的学生（N = 779），通过问卷调查评估其计算信心、课外事务负担及使用智能工作表的意愿。在智能工作表部署后，再次对学生进行调查，以分析使用意愿与实际使用之间的相关性，探讨WP特征的影响，并阐明影响参与度的其他因素。令人意外的是，学生感知的课程参与度和初始计算信心总体较高。然而，具有多项WP特征的学生报告的计算信心显著较低（ = 0.002）。尽管93.9%的学生表达了使用这些资源的强烈意愿，但仅有20%实际参与使用。进一步探究发现，主要障碍为资源知晓度和时间可用性，课外事务负担从三级到六级逐渐增加，最终86.1%的六级学生承担工作或照护责任。无论初始信心如何，学生始终将智能工作表的内容评为适当且极具价值。这些发现表明，学生的课外事务负担在整个大学生涯中不断加重，挑战了关于毕业年级学生更加自主、需要较少支持的传统假设。灵活的高价值资源对时间匮乏的学生至关重要，有助于解决主要与时间和精力相关的参与障碍。本研究强调了为所有学生提供全面且清晰传达的支持机制的日益增长的需求，以帮助他们应对日益复杂的学业、经济和个人环境。

Abstract

The growing diversity of university student populations highlights the critical need for inclusive support strategies. Student outcomes often remain linked to socio-economic factors and Level 3 qualifications, challenging universities to create equitable learning environments, particularly for foundational skills like quantitative analysis. This study investigated the impact of widening participation (WP) characteristics on student engagement with, and perceptions of, novel asynchronous digital Smart Worksheets developed by LearnSci in collaboration with the Institute of Biomedical Science. Students (N = 779) enrolled on Biomedical Science modules in Level 3 to 6 at Northumbria University UK, were surveyed to gauge perceived calculation confidence, extracurricular commitments and intent to use the Smart Worksheets. Following deployment of the Smart Worksheets, students were surveyed again to correlate intention versus actual usage, explore the influence of WP characteristics and elucidate other factors that affected engagement. Surprisingly, perceived course engagement and initial calculation confidence was generally high. Students with multiple WP characteristics, however, reported significantly lower calculation confidence ( = 0.002). While 93.9% of students expressed strong intent to use the resources, only 20% engaged. Further exploration revealed the primary barriers were resource awareness and time availability, with extracurricular commitments increasing from Level 3 to 6, culminating in 86.1% of Level 6 students having work or caring responsibilities. Regardless of initial confidence, students consistently rated the Smart Worksheet content as appropriate and their content as highly valuable. These findings suggest that students' extracurricular commitments are escalating throughout their university careers, challenging traditional assumptions about final year students being more autonomous and needing less support. Flexible, high-value resources are crucial for time-poor students, addressing engagement barriers that are primarily time and capacity-related. This study underscores the increasing need for comprehensive and clearly communicated support mechanisms for all students navigating an increasingly complex academic, financial and personal landscape.

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