Designing a lab course from the perspective of flow theory

Karelina, Anna

doi:10.1119/perc.2015.pr.035

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“…The heart flow state is only generated when the individual skill level matches the challenge and difficulty of the task. The heart channel model has been used to determine flow in a large number of empirical studies, and several researchers have developed scales to measure flow (Karelina, 2015). Kasl & Cobb (1966) first proposed the concept of health behavior.…”

Section: Flow Theory (Flow Theory)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Research on the Sustained Usage Intention of Users on Online Fitness Platforms: A Perspective Based on the Health Belief Model (Hbm)

Rui,

2024

EUrASEANs

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This study focuses on the online fitness industry, exploring the motives and sustained usage behavior of users on online fitness platforms within the online network environment. The research background is rooted in the health issues arising from insufficient physical activity in real-world society, especially exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The study uses ideas from the Flow Theory and the Health Belief Model (HBM) to build a research framework to look into how platform incentives, content quality, subjective norms, perceived usefulness, flow experiences, exercise self-efficacy, health awareness, and other things affect users' plans to keep using the platform. Through the collection of 606 valid questionnaires and employing SPSS and AMOS software for differential analysis, regression analysis, and path analysis, all research hypotheses are successfully validated. Results indicate that content quality, platform incentives, and subjective norms significantly positively influence users' perceived usefulness and flow experiences. Furthermore, perceived usefulness and flow experiences have a significant positive impact on users' sustained usage intentions, playing crucial mediating roles in users' sustained behavior. The study also reveals that exercise self-efficacy positively moderates the relationship between users' perceived usefulness and sustained usage intentions, and health awareness serves as a positive moderator in the relationship between users' flow experiences and sustained usage intentions.

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Section: Flow Theory (Flow Theory)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Research on the Sustained Usage Intention of Users on Online Fitness Platforms: A Perspective Based on the Health Belief Model (Hbm)

Rui,

2024

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“…At the end of the semester we asked students three survey questions with a Likert scale from 1 to 7 [38]. The questions asked students about their perception of the challenge level of the labs, about their perceived skillfulness and about their general experience of enjoyment during the labs.…”

Section: Setting Of Course Amentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparing students’ flow states during apparatus-based versus video-based lab activities

Karelina¹,

Etkina²,

Bohacek³

et al. 2022

Eur. J. Phys.

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This paper presents a study comparing physics students experimenting with physical apparatus (the apparatus group) versus students conducting the same experiments using videos of those experiments in place of the physical apparatus (the video group). In our study, we compare the results of an attitudinal survey designed to examine students' mental states and sense of engagement with the material. In terms of the 8-channel flow model, we found that students who conduct design labs structured according to the Investigative Science Learning Environment mostly found themselves located in the productive learning zones of arousal, flow and control. We also found a small but consistent difference between the apparatus and video groups: In the video group there were slightly more students who were in the less productive zones of worry and anxiety, reflective of feelings of low skillfulness combined with a sense that the task was very challenging. We discuss the implications of these findings for the design of scaffolded inquiry tasks such as ISLE design labs in new virtual environments. We suggest that such activities, performed in virtual learning environments, may require different levels and types of scaffolding compared with the same activities performed in the in-person classroom with physical apparatus.

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“…A person in flow loses selfconsciousness (p. 62), experiences a transformation of time (p. 66), stretches their skills ( [9], p. 816), and experiences a higher quality of life, even while working (p. 821). Flow has begun to be examined in PER as a measure of student positive experience during laboratory [15]. Because flow is so wellstudied as a psychological phenomenon, and its prerequisite conditions so well-understood, we believe that over time we will develop the ability to coach students effectively at identifying and stimulating flow experiences for themselves.…”

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Framing the Pursuit of a Physics Degree as a Hero's Journey

Mestas¹,

Close²

2020

2019 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings

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Students today face a reality of ever-increasing chaos. A sense of personal direction can be difficult to attain, especially in the murk of pursuing a degree as rigorous and attention-demanding as physics. Our project aims to frame the pursuit of a physics degree as a hero's journey (Campbell, 1949) in order to design discussion points for undergraduates to consider their experiences from an archetypal view. Our intent is to connect students with timeless and emergent mythological forms that are images of a universal psychology. In this paper, we coordinate stages of the hero's journey with various subjective experiences from undergraduate STEM students, as reported in "Talking About Leaving", (Seymour & Hewitt, 1997), with supplements from the theory of optimal experience "flow", (Csikszentmihalyi, 1990). Our ultimate goal is to help students understand their experience studying physics in ways that promote productive, responsible, proud, and mentally healthy engagement within their academic and social lives.

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Designing a lab course from the perspective of flow theory

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

Research on the Sustained Usage Intention of Users on Online Fitness Platforms: A Perspective Based on the Health Belief Model (Hbm)

Research on the Sustained Usage Intention of Users on Online Fitness Platforms: A Perspective Based on the Health Belief Model (Hbm)

Comparing students’ flow states during apparatus-based versus video-based lab activities

Framing the Pursuit of a Physics Degree as a Hero's Journey

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