Table 2 Means, standard deviations, and Wilcoxon rank-sum results for Feeling of Learning (FOL) data for in-person and online biological anthropology practical sessions
Feeling of Learning Question (after Deslauriers et al. 2019) | Combined cohorts | Osteology | Palaeoanthropology | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In-person (n = 16) | Online (n = 11) | z | p | In-person (n = 7) | Online (n = 7) | z | p | In-person (n = 9) | Online (n = 4) | z | p | |||||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||||||
I enjoyed this lab | 4.50 | 0.52 | 3.09 | 1.38 | 3.611 | < 0.001 | 4.71 | 0.49 | 2.42 | 1.13 | 3.338 | 0.001 | 4.33 | 0.50 | 4.25 | 0.95 | 1.281 | 0.333 |
I feel as though I learned a great deal from this lab | 4.56 | 0.51 | 2.64 | 1.43 | 4.71 | 0.49 | 2.00 | 1.15 | 4.44 | 0.53 | 3.75 | 1.25 | ||||||
The demonstrator was effective at guiding my learning | 4.56 | 0.51 | 3.64 | 1.21 | 4.85 | 0.38 | 3.29 | 1.25 | 4.33 | 0.50 | 4.25 | 0.95 | ||||||
I wish that all of my biological anthropology courses were taught this way | 4.25 | 0.77 | 2.00 | 1.41 | 4.71 | 0.76 | 1.14 | 0.38 | 3.88 | 0.60 | 3.50 | 1.29 | ||||||
I feel confident that I could demonstrate my understanding of the learning objectives in a test | 3.81 | 0.54 | 2.64 | 1.36 | 4.14 | 0.38 | 2.14 | 1.21 | 3.55 | 0.53 | 3.50 | 1.29 | ||||||
The resources provided for this lab deepened my understanding of the concepts presented in today’s lab | 4.69 | 0.48 | 2.82 | 1.40 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 4.44 | 0.53 | 4.25 | 0.50 | ||||||
Average FOL by Teaching Mode | 4.56 | 0.51 | 2.82 | 1.07 | - | - | 4.86 | 0.38 | 2.29 | 0.76 | - | - | 4.33 | 0.50 | 3.75 | 0.95 | ||