在STEM课堂研究皮质醇:皮质醇与学业成绩之间的关联
Hyun Joon Park1, Kate M Turetsky2, Julia L Dahl3
1Connecticut College, New London, CT, USA.
Personality & social psychology bulletin
|August 2, 2023
概括
在STEM教育中的压力会以不同的方式影响学生. 对于代表性不足的少数民族 (URM) 学生来说,较高的皮质醇水平与更好的学业成绩和课程保留相关,与他们的非URM同龄人不同.
科学领域:
- 教育心理学教育心理学
- 神经内分泌学神经内分泌学
- 教育社会学教育的社会学
背景情况:
- 学术压力在科学,技术,工程和数学 (STEM) 领域普遍存在.
- 关于皮质醇在学术环境中的作用存在不确定性,特别是在代表不足的种族/族群中.
- 皮质醇反应与STEM学业成绩之间的关系尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查有关种族/种族的大学STEM学生的皮质醇水平.
- 为了确定皮质醇反应是否预测学业成绩.
- 探索皮质醇反应对代表性不足的少数民族 (URM) 和非URM学生的差异影响.
主要方法:
- 271名学生的唾液皮质醇水平在入口STEM课程的第一个考试前在四个课堂上测量.
- 皮质醇水平与参与者的种族/种族相关分析.
- 统计分析检查了皮质醇反应与学业表现 (成绩,课程学) 之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 对所有学生来说,皮质醇水平通常从课堂开始到结束以及整个学习期间都会下降.
- 在URM学生中,较高的皮质醇反应与更好的学业表现和较低的课程学率有关.
- 在非URM学生中,没有发现皮质醇反应和学业表现之间的显著关联.
结论:
- 在STEM教育中的皮质醇反应可能基于种族/民族群体成员的差异性影响.
- 对于URM学生来说,较高的皮质醇可能表明参与和努力,积极影响学业成果.
- 环境背景和个体经验塑造了在学术环境中对生理应激反应的解释.
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