TY - JOUR
T1 - Student work
T2 - a re-conceptualization based on prior research on student workload and Newtonian concepts around physical work
AU - D’Eon, Marcel
AU - Yasinian, Maryam
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology of the University of Saskatchewan.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - In this article, we propose a new model of student workload. We conducted an extensive literature review of student workload, its impact on students’ lives, factors influencing student workload, objective and subjective measurements. The previous conceptualizations of student workload conflate student work and course workload, two related but distinct concepts. By synthesizing prior research and concepts from Newtonian physics such as work, force, and distance, we have discovered a model that better explains and differentiates the nature of and the various factors contributing to student work and load. We re-define student work as the product of student academic effort and their achievement in the course. In this model, student academic effort is generated to meet course demands in four domains (cognitive, physical, social, and psychological) with specific challenges and resources associated with each one. This new model will help us to better understand the student experience of academic work, effort, and the challenges students face so that we can make changes to enhance learning.
AB - In this article, we propose a new model of student workload. We conducted an extensive literature review of student workload, its impact on students’ lives, factors influencing student workload, objective and subjective measurements. The previous conceptualizations of student workload conflate student work and course workload, two related but distinct concepts. By synthesizing prior research and concepts from Newtonian physics such as work, force, and distance, we have discovered a model that better explains and differentiates the nature of and the various factors contributing to student work and load. We re-define student work as the product of student academic effort and their achievement in the course. In this model, student academic effort is generated to meet course demands in four domains (cognitive, physical, social, and psychological) with specific challenges and resources associated with each one. This new model will help us to better understand the student experience of academic work, effort, and the challenges students face so that we can make changes to enhance learning.
KW - Student workload
KW - academic effort
KW - course demands
KW - course workload
KW - student achievement
KW - student work
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U2 - 10.1080/07294360.2021.1945543
DO - 10.1080/07294360.2021.1945543
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85110056147
SN - 0729-4360
VL - 41
SP - 1855
EP - 1868
JO - Higher Education Research and Development
JF - Higher Education Research and Development
IS - 6
ER -