Chinese Graduate Health Science Students' Perceptions of Teaching Pedagogies on Their Educational Experience.
Jeryl D Benson, Richard C Simpson
Hands-on clinical practice, instructor demonstration, and clear written communication were rated most helpful for learning by Chinese graduate health science students.
Quick-response classroom tools and fast speech were rated lowest.
Key findings
1Among learning activities, instructor demonstration of therapeutic equipment, student hands-on practice, and clinical observations were all rated significantly higher (median 90) than nonverbal response technology such as Kahoot or Student Response Systems (median 65).
2Presentation slides with diagrams and images (median 100) and class notes provided in advance (median 95) were rated significantly higher than the university library (median 70).
3In-person students rated instructor behaviors and course materials significantly higher than hybrid or online students, and no item was rated higher by the online group.
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What it does not show
Small sample of 34 students, all Chinese, all at one US university, so the findings describe one cultural and institutional context, not all international students or all health science students. The survey was created for this study and has no established reliability or validity; it was also not culturally vetted. Convenience sampling via email means the 34 who completed it may not represent the 48 who opened it. The secondary in-person versus online comparison had only 7 students in the hybrid/online group, making those differences hard to interpret. Missing survey responses were assumed to be zero, which may understate how students actually rated items. The in-person count is reported as 27 in the demographics table but as 26 in the secondary analysis section, a discrepancy of one student.
Declared interests
The authors declare no conflicts of interest and no funding was received for the manuscript.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read these preferences as universal for all international students or all health science students. The sample is 34 Chinese students at one US university, the survey was not validated, and the in-person versus online comparison had only 7 students in the online group. The findings describe what this particular group found helpful, not what works for every learner.
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