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Tarig Merghani1, Rasha Babiker1, Azza O Alawad2
1Physiology, RAK Medical and Health Sciences University, Ras Al-Khaimah, 11172, United Arab Emirates.
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|September 11, 2024
Summary
A new Learning Enjoyment Scale (LES) was developed to objectively measure student enjoyment in educational settings. This tool helps understand factors influencing learning experiences and provides unbiased comparisons across teaching methods.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Educational Psychology
Background:
- Previous research on learning enjoyment yielded conflicting results due to a lack of unbiased measurement tools.
- Understanding factors influencing enjoyment is crucial for enhancing student motivation and engagement.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate a Learning Enjoyment Scale (LES) for assessing enjoyment in active and passive learning.
- To present a dataset of student responses to the LES for didactic physiology lectures.
- To explore factors associated with learning enjoyment in first-year medical and dental students.
Main Methods:
- Development of the Learning Enjoyment Scale (LES) with six dimensions: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, concentration, and enjoyment.
- Application of the LES to 112 first-year medical and dental students using a five-point Likert scale.
- Collection of data on factors influencing enjoyment, including teacher proficiency, topic difficulty, and student participation.
Main Results:
- The LES provides a cumulative score from 6 to 30, categorized as excellent (> 24), acceptable (18-24), or low (< 18).
- The dataset includes student ratings on LES dimensions and associated influencing factors.
- The LES enables quantitative cross-comparisons of enjoyment across different teaching activities.
Conclusions:
- The developed LES offers a reliable method for measuring learning enjoyment.
- This scale can be used to objectively assess and compare student enjoyment in various educational contexts.
- The dataset provides a foundation for further analysis of learning enjoyment and its determinants.
Keywords:
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