Anxiety over public sharing, shyness, and disagreements with group members were common reasons for not sharing.
Student anxiety is a big issue--and one that profs can't always solve.
Anxiety over public sharing, shyness, and disagreements with group members were common reasons for not sharing.
Student anxiety is a big issue--and one that profs can't always solve.
Therefore, it is unclear how these findings may vary across student identities and backgrounds
This is a really important point
Moreover, students reported higher levels of intrinsic motivation (inherent interest and enjoyment) with renewable assignments than traditional assignments
wonderful!
Traditional assignments had higher levels of reported pressure.
I would like to know more about what they mean by "pressure." Some stress can be useful in learning but pressure sounds negative.
Examples of renewable assignments include creating websites, editing and contributing to Wikipedia articles, co-creating syllabi with instructors, and creating ancillary material like test bank items (Clinton-Lisell Citation2021; Wiley and Hilton Citation2018).
I'd love to see a big ;most of renewable assignments!