Using a volitional help sheet to increase university students' attendance at synchronous online lectures

A randomized controlled trial

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5263306
AutoresMark A Elliott (0000-0002-3539-6426, Department of Psychological Sciences and Health University of Strathclyde Glasgow UK, autor de correspondencia), Allan Mcgroarty (0000-0003-4217-6947, Department of Psychological Sciences and Health University of Strathclyde Glasgow UK), D J Robertson (0000-0002-8393-951X, Department of Psychological Sciences and Health University of Strathclyde Glasgow UK)
Año2024
Volumen94
Número2
Páginas328-345
Fecha de publicación2024-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBritish Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/bjep.12647
PMID38016670
OpenAlexW4389109174
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas58

BackgroundA 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.AimsTo 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 MethodOne 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.ResultsThe 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.ConclusionsVHSs constitute useful interventions for increasing and maintaining university students' lecture attendance

Attendance · Big Five personality traits · Conscientiousness · Extraversion and introversion · Intervention (counseling) · Medical education · Personality · Psychological intervention · Randomized controlled trial · Test (biology) · Trait · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mind wandering and attention · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychology · Social Psychology