Measuring the Impact of a Weeklong Fall Break on Stress Physiology in First Year Engineering Students
Canadian post-secondary institutions are increasingly introducing a fall break into their term calendars, with the stated goal of reducing student stress and improving academic success. We conducted a pilot study around the time of this fall break during which we collected saliva samples to measur...
Main Authors: | Ayesha Khan, Heather Poole, Elliott A. Beaton |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
2018-10-01
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Series: | Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning |
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Online Access: | https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cjsotl_rcacea/vol9/iss2/9 |
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