Students report significant perceived improvement in the five competencies they consider most relevant to BA graduate employability, including teamwork and foreign language¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Analytical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, teamwork, and foreign language all improved significantly, though teamwork and foreign language means remained low (2.69 and 2.57). → María-Jesús Martínez-Argüelles 2023

Evidence¶

María-Jesús Martínez-Argüelles 2023¶

María-Jesús Martínez-Argüelles, Dolors Plana-Erta, Àngels Fitó-Bertran. (2023). Impact of using authentic online learning environments on students' perceived employability. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-022-10171-3

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Table 7 Mann–Whitney U results for the five student-selected competencies: e.g., analytical thinking M 4.55 vs 4.15 (p = .000), teamwork M 2.69 vs 1.80 (p = .010), foreign language M 2.57 vs 1.56 (p = .000). No effect sizes are printed.

"the students felt they had significantly improved in the five general competencies they considered most relevant to the employability of a BA graduate, as indicated in Table 7: analytical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, teamwork, and foreign language."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Collaboration — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Students in the ALS-redesigned course perceive greater improvement in general employability competencies than control students, except for results orientation — a broader claim this one bears on
• Employers, educators, and graduates differ in what they perceive has to be learned, yet each group values generic competences most — related
• In the higher-education-to-labour-market transition, most emphasis is placed on theoretical knowledge, communication, problem-solving, and learning skills — related
• Redesigning an online course around the nine authentic learning criteria increases students' perceived authenticity of the learning environment — related
• The ALS redesign did not harm perceived acquisition of the course's two specific competencies, which also improved significantly — related