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COSAM Events 2022 September DMS Graduate Student Seminar

DMS Graduate Student Seminar

Time: Sep 14, 2022 (03:00 PM)
Location: 108 ACLC

Details:
Speaker: Dr. Melinda Lanius 
 
Title. Lol this is gonna be bad: Developing Personas of Stress during Classroom Problem Solving 
 
Abstract. In this talk, we will explore the capacity of heart rate fitness trackers (e.g. Fitbit, Apple watch, Garmin watch) to assist in differentiating students' experiences of stress during classroom problem solving. I cluster N=26 students' heart rate variability plots based on categories of description created using a phenomenographic analysis of their reported emotional experiences during a scripted lesson on roots of polynomial functions. “Lol this is gonna be bad” is the response of one participant when assigned a challenging problem to solve. Using this data, we will discuss if fitness tracker data can be a valuable indicator of student classroom distress and how one might use fitness trackers in education research.