ESS 101w/O1 Affective domain survey

An affective domain survey in ESS 101w/O1 Walking for Fitness online sought to explore students' reactions to the course. Twelve of the twenty-two students responded to the survey. The first four questions were multiple choice questions that asked the students to respond to the following prompts:

• I have enjoyed participating in this walking class.
• I feel I am more fit as a result of this class.
• I feel I have the knowledge to continue walking for my fitness after the course is over.
• I plan to continue walking in the future.

The responses were numerically encoded:

1. Strongly disagree
2. Disagree
3. Neutral
4. Agree
5. Strongly agree

Students enjoyed the class and felt that they gained knowledge. They were less certain that they had gained fitness. There was basic agreement with the statement that they plan to continue walking in the future, but past experience is that few students go on to continue engaging in intentional walking using Strava.

While not fully appropriate for interval level data with limited values, a box plot shows that half of the students enjoyed the course. The results for whether students felt they have the knowledge to continue walking was a mixture of strongly agree and agree. Will continue had the same mean as the prior prompt, but the box plot suggests a weaker overall result. More fit is the area in which students were more neutral.

During the first day, I remember thinking… … because…

• I couldn’t make it because I don’t usually walk this much. But look at me now!😄
• I will definitely fail this class because I've never done a full weekday walk or anything involving walking that many days before. 
• is this a real class? ....it has only 1 credit.
• During the first day, I remember thinking I was going to fail this course because I rarely walk. Also, I never thought of walking as a habit. 
• that I don't like this class because I don't like to walk for long distances.
• I will lose weight because I’ve gained a few pounds back in 2023.
• I will try my best to complete this course by putting in my walks every week, because I took this class before and failed.
• During the first day, I remember thinking that this class would be good for me because I get to do some physical activity.
• i remember thinking it was easy to do because its just one mile every day 
• If I can really walk a mile each day because I have not done this before and I didn't know if I can keep up with walking 5 miles a week since I get tired so easily. 
• that I can pass this class because i like to walk.

What I think I will remember five years from now is… … because…

• I did something that will benefit the lives of others. Helping others stuff like that😊
• This class is a very good starting point for a healthier journey because walking is one of the simple essential needs for a healthy journey to start. 
• how this class helped me....I didn't really understand the importance of walking/running principles.
• What I think I will remember five years from now is, that I actually walked for five days in a week which I never do. I walked more than I ever did in my whole life actually, which is amazing. 
• always walk for 1 mile because walking makes you healthy.
• What type of shoes to wear because it’s important to know the structure and basics of walking.
• This class was actually fun.
• What I think I will remember five years from now is that walking for fitness is very important because it can help me live a healthier life and it's a great way to obtain health benefits.
• i will remember the simple things i learned from this course like what to do when you start feeling dizzy after a walk because it helped me a lot 
• walking five times a week because it has really helped me become healthier and it allowed me to always have a positive mindset. 
• walking can ease our minds because it gives clears our minds. 
• the lessons I learned from the videos

What I liked about this course is...

• Walking encourages me to walk daily.
• It's very simple yet effective to students whether they know it or not. 
• very self paced and motivational.
• What I liked about this course is that I get to record the progress I made when I finish a walk. It gives me the motivation to walk more each day. Overall, the instructor was great too! He would email all his walking for fitness students every new week to remember to walk and make the best of it. 
• walking for 1 mile
• The activities .
• Feeling healthy after every walk
• I get to learn and understand about what foot types and types of feet in this class.
• it improves our health 
• Walking and bonding with nature. This class gave me the opportunity to spend more time outside the house and reminded me that there is so much more than staying inside my room all day.
• that I get to spend quality times with family walking.
• walking

What I disliked about this course is...

• NONE!
• too many walking
• that it was just 1 credit. :)
• I don't think I have anything to dislike about this course. Maybe what I feared was the risk of breaking a leg. Like if I walk up or down a hill, I'd worry that I might slip.
• nothing
• I sometimes slack of due to busy schedule.
• Nothing came to mind.
• I try to achieve a mile every five days in a week but worth learning and experiencing it.
• sometimes its hard to complete weekly miles because im a first time mom and most days re rainy here in pni 
• Nothing. Everything was perfect. 
• Nothing
• none