Use of galvanic skin responses, salivary biomarkers, and self-reports to assess undergraduate student performance during a laboratory exam activity

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2016, Issue 108, 2016, Pages

  Villanueva, Idalis ^a   Valladares, Maria ^a   Goodridge, Wade ^a  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Education; Engineering education; Galvanic skin response; Issue 108; Salivary biomarkers; Self reports; Undergraduate students

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; CHEMISTRY; EDUCATION; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLAND; SELF REPORT; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLANDS; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84959441015     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/53255     Document Type: Article

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