Motivation Research

The Impact of Goal-Setting in Online and In-Person Classes
Danielle Andreotta & Marie Larounis
Advisor: Dr. Claire W. Lyons

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@Gabe_Gilmore1 That is an interesting thought! However, in our study we did not find any notable differences in the actual time of the class sections.

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We had the opportunity to work with Dr. Lyons to study the Impact of Goal-Setting on Online and In-Person Classes. Our results evidenced online sections reporting higher levels of distraction. In addition, goal setting did not impact distraction levels. #JMUPsychSymposium2021

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@Morgan_N_DeLong In our Informed Consent, we did ask how many other college level psych courses students have taken. While we did not integrate this info as a part of our data, it could be interesting to consider in a future study how psych majors might be more motivated, and less distracted.

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@JannaTaftYoung1 All 4 sections met once a week during class times on Mondays (2:15 & 5:35). For the asynchronous analytics, we used data from the 2nd and 2nd-to-last videos posted each week. While we didn't measure that data, it could be possible, and would be interesting for a future study!

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@Gabe_Gilmore1 The classes were held on Mondays at 2:15 or 5:35. During each time slot two sections tuned into Dr. Lyons lecture at the same time, either online via zoom or in-person. The online and in-person class sections at 2:15 set goals and this was randomly assigned by a coin toss.

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@kethera Thanks for your question! We found that there was no significant interaction between class section (in-person, online) and time (baseline, intervention), but that online sections ultimately scored higher than in-person sections on self-report measure of distraction.