Exploring the Learning Effectiveness Under Different Stress Scenarios
In recent years, increased research attention has focused on understanding challenges to effective classroom learning, and many studies have explored the effect of stress on learning effectiveness. Appropriate stress can inspire learners to achieve their
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Abstract In recent years, increased research attention has focused on understanding challenges to effective classroom learning, and many studies have explored the effect of stress on learning effectiveness. Appropriate stress can inspire learners to achieve their true learning potential, but this raises the issue of how to best assess learners’ tolerance for stress. Teachers can use stress quantification methods to measure the personal stress loading for individual students. By adjusting teaching methods to fit varying levels of tolerance to learning stress, teachers can not only enhance learning effectiveness, but also reduce the possibility of physical and psychological damage to learners. This study uses the experimental design research method to evaluate learning effectiveness under different treatment variables: gender (male and female), logical reasoning ability (high and low) and stress level (high and low). The results found that stress level can affect learning effectiveness (p < 0.05), and a positive linear relationship exists between stress level and learning effectiveness. The results also find that the impact that of stress on learning effectiveness is more prominent among boys. Moreover, logical reasoning ability had no significant influence on learning outcomes under different stress levels.
1 Introduction In recent years, students’ learning generally is easily distracted, and many studies have indicated that stress is an important factor which affects the learning effectiveness [1, 2]. The relationship between stress and productivity takes the form of an inverted U-shaped curve [3]. Appropriate stress can stimulate the work productivity and learning effectiveness. Conversely, stress levels set too high or too low can have a negative psychological or physiological impact, thus impairing learning effectiveness [4–6]. Excessive amounts of stress can have serious H.-S. Chiang (✉) Department of Information Management, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Sec 3, Sanmin Rd., Taichung, Taiwan e-mail: [email protected] © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018 N.Y. Yen and J.C. Hung (eds.), Frontier Computing, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 422, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-3187-8_30
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consequences, including aggressive or self-destructive behavior. Therefore, how to determine the appropriate stress load for individual learners is a key issue. This study assesses the impact of stress on learning effectiveness through a range of scenarios for web programming instruction. Three independent variables (gender, logical reasoning ability and stress level) are applied to assess the influence on the dependent variable (learning effectiveness) under treatment level. The results can potentially provide suggestions for improving learning effectiveness in the classroom.
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The Effect of Stress on Learning
In students, psychological stress can result from intrinsic and extrinsic factors, and excessive stress can leave students prone to anxiety, frustra
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