HyunSun Park California State University Northridge Longitudinal research competency by learning platform Background Important to know how Social Workers evaluate and retain practice knowledge ID: 759155
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Jodi L. Constantine Brown & Hyun-Sun Park California State University, Northridge
Longitudinal research competency by learning platform
Slide2Background
Important to know how Social Workers evaluate and retain practice knowledge
Baker,
Pollio
, and Hudson (2011)
found evidence that students maintain educational gains over
time with a sample of face-to-face BSW students
Research self-efficacy (confidence conducting & evaluating research) is key indicator of later research use
Different learning platforms (i.e. online vs. face-to-face) may result in variable student outcomes
Slide3Methodology
Sample
Online (n=17) and traditional classroom (n=31) MSW students
First year of a 2-year program; first research class
Instruments
Practice Evaluation Knowledge Scale (PEKS)
8-item instrument designed to test practitioner’s knowledge of evaluation competencies;
Likert
scale, 1-5 where higher = more confidence
Research Self-Efficacy Scale (RSES)
9-item instrument designed to measure social worker’s research self-efficacy; 11-point scale from 0-100 where 0=cannot do at all, 50=moderately certain can do, and 100=certain can do
Data Collection and Analysis
Online survey – Pre/Post/Post tests
Paired Samples T-Tests
& ANCOVA
Slide4Traditional Class (n=31)
Online Class (n=17)
Age (n=30) ranged from 22-44 years (M=28.18, SD=6.14)More women (n=27, 86%) than men (n=3, 14%)
Age (n=16) ranged from 23-40 years (M=29.22, SD=5.20)More women (n=14, 84%) than men (n=2, 16%)
Sample
Self-Reported Ethnicity
Self-Reported Ethnicity
Slide5Previous Research Experience
Open-ended question; coded as:
0=no previous research experience
1=1 class…a long time ago
2=one class
3=2-3 classes
4=4+ classes/very comfortable
No
significant difference in previous research experience between online (
M
=1.84,
SD
=1.06) and traditional class (
M
=2.30,
SD
=1.33;
t
(48)
=-1.28,
p
=.20, two-tailed).
Slide6Comparing Online and Traditional F2F Research Competency
One-way between groups analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)
IV = type
of learning platform (online vs. traditional face-to-face classroom
)
DV = posttest PEKS
and RSES
scores
Pretest PEKS
and RSES
scores were
used as the covariate in the analysis.
Slide7Online Student Responses by Item, Pretest (Time 1) and Posttest (Times 2 & 3)
Slide8Face-to-Face Student Responses by Item, Pretest (Time 1) and Posttest (Times 2 & 3)
Slide9Time 1 – Time 2
Statistically significant increase in PEKS scores from pretest (
M
= 18.20,
SD
= 5.34) to posttest (
M
= 29.12,
SD
= 4.53),
t
(48) = 12.48,
p
< .001 (two-tailed).
Statistically significant increase in RSES scores from pretest (
M
= 486.95,
SD
= 165.38) to posttest (
M
= 698.16,
SD
= 126.73),
t
(48) = 8.06,
p
< .001 (two-tailed).
After adjusting for pre-test scores, there was
no significant
difference
between
online and traditional face-to-face classroom students on posttest (Time 2) PEKS scores
F
(1, 46) = .01,
p
= .91, partial eta squared = .00, and posttest (Time 2) RSES scores,
F
(1, 46) = .36,
p
= .55, partial eta squared = .01.
Slide10Time 1 – Time 3
Statistically significant increase in PEKS scores from pretest (
M
= 17.96,
SD
= 5.55) to follow up (Time 3) (
M
= 29.62,
SD
= 5.53),
t
(47) = 12.79,
p
< .001 (two-tailed).
Statistically significant increase in RSES scores from pretest (
M
= 486.67,
SD
= 183.04) to follow up (Time 3) (
M
= 742.08,
SD
= 128.54),
t
(47) = 8.90,
p
< .001 (two-tailed).
There was
no significant difference
between online and traditional classroom students on follow up (Time 3) PEKS scores
F
(1, 45) = 1.51,
p
= .22, partial eta squared = .03, and follow up (Time 3) RSES scores,
F
(1, 45) = .09,
p
= .76, partial eta squared = .00.
Slide11Conclusion & Future Research
S
tudents learned!
Students maintained learning!
Learning platform didn’t
matter
(see
http
://nosignificantdifference.org/
about.asp
)
Intend to follow up with these MSWs this summer
Slide12Thank You!
Jodi Constantine Brown, MSW, Ph.D.
Hyun-Sun Park, MSW, Ph.D.
California State University, Northridge
Department of Social Work
18111
Nordhoff
Avenue
Northridge, CA 91330
(818) 677-6010 (818) 677-4328
Jodi.Brown@csun.edu
Hyunsun.Park@csun.edu