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Table 1 Students’ time on task during the in-class scenario

From: The use of learning dashboards to support complex in-class pedagogical scenarios in medical training: how do they influence students’ cognitive engagement?

In-class activities

Type of engagement

Time on task (minutes)

Mean and SD within brackets

  

Case 1

Case 2

Individual computer tasksa

   

 Checking image quality

   

  Image type

A

1.1 (0.5)

0.5 (0.4)

  Completeness

A

0.6 (0.3)

0.3 (0.3)

  Exposure

A

1.1 (0.6)

0.4 (0.2)

  Settings

A

1.2 (0.6)

0.9 (0.5)

  Overlaps

A

0.8 (0.5)

0.5 (0.3)

 

Subtotal

4.9 (= 9%)

2.6 (= 11%)

 Reviewing anatomical landmarks

   

  Thoracic soft tissues

A

1.8 (1.0)

1.2 (0.6)

  Thoracic skeletal system

A

1.2 (0.9)

1.4 (3.3)

  Diaphragm and pleura

A

4.0 (6.6)

1.4 (1.1)

  Lungs

A

1.0 (1.1)

0.3 (0.3)

  Mediastinum

A

2.4 (6.7)

0.2 (0.3)

  Heart

A

1.8 (5.3)

0.2 (0.2)

  Foreign bodies

A

1.1 (1.0)

0.4 (0.2)

 

Subtotal

13.4 (= 25%)

5.1 (= 22%)

 Identifying and diagnosing salient findings

   

  Marking findings

A

1.1 (1.6)

0.7 (0.8)

  Describing finding 1

C

2.3 (5.9)

0.8 (0.7)

  Describing finding 2

C

3.9 (7.1)

0.5 (0.6)

  Describing finding 3

C

2.1 (3.5)

  Diagnosing findings

A

1.0

0.9

 

Subtotal

8.3 (= 16%)

5.0 (= 21%)

Group activityb

   

 Face-to-face discussion

P, A

22.5

9.0

 Face-to-face discussion

I

4.5

2.0

 

Subtotal

27.0 (= 50%)

11.0 (= 46%)

 

Total

53.6 (= 100%)

23.7 (= 100%)

  1. The time (in minutes) spent by students on individual and group activities during the in-class scenario with classification of the type of cognitive engagement involved in these activities
  2. P passive, A active, C constructive, I interactive
  3. aBased on log files
  4. bBased on video recording