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Increasing Learning: Classroom Assessment Techniques in the Online Classroom
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Cross, Ted; Palese, Kelly – American Journal of Distance Education, 2015
Five full-time online mathematics instructors participated in a study to test the impact of using discussion forums as a space for formative assessments. Mean student posting activity and student quiz scores for sections in which the instructors used formative assessments were compared with previous sections in which formative assessments were not…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, College Faculty, College Students
Student Misbehaviors in Online Classrooms: Scale Development and Validation
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Li, Li; Titsworth, Scott – American Journal of Distance Education, 2015
The current program of research included two studies that developed the Student Online Misbehaviors (SOMs) scale and explored relationships between the SOMs and various classroom communication processes and outcomes. The first study inductively developed initial SOM typologies and tested factor structure via an exploratory factor analysis.…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
Systematic Review of Two Decades (1995 to 2014) of Research on Synchronous Online Learning
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Martin, Florence; Ahlgrim-Delzell, Lynn; Budhrani, Kiran – American Journal of Distance Education, 2017
Systematic reviews of literature are studies that strategically search for published research on a specific topic in order to synthesize what is known about the topic. This systematic review describes 157 articles on synchronous online learning (SOL) from thirty-four different countries on instructional setting, content areas, participant…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Educational Research, Synchronous Communication, Electronic Learning
Online Proctored versus Unproctored Low-Stakes Internet Test Administration: Is There Differential Test-Taking Behavior and Performance?
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Rios, Joseph A.; Liu, Ou Lydia – American Journal of Distance Education, 2017
Online higher education institutions are presented with the concern of how to obtain valid results when administering student learning outcomes (SLO) assessments remotely. Traditionally, there has been a great reliance on unproctored Internet test administration (UIT) due to increased flexibility and reduced costs; however, a number of validity…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Testing, Test Wiseness, Academic Achievement
Identifying Predictors of High Risk among Community College Telecourse Students.
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Dille, Brian; Mezack, Michael – American Journal of Distance Education, 1991
Describes a study that was conducted to identify predictors of high-risk students enrolled in telecourses at a community college. The use of Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale (RIELC) and Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI) are explained, hypotheses tested are discussed, and demographic variables are examined. (seven references)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Style, Community Colleges
Adult Learner Motivations and Electronic Distance Education.
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Wilkes, C. Wynn; Burnham, Byron R. – American Journal of Distance Education, 1991
Discussion of learner motivations and learner satisfaction in distance education courses using electronic media focuses on a study at Utah State University that compared students using an audio/graphic system with students taught by traditional methods. The use of the Educational Participation Scale (EPS) and the Learning Environment Inventory…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Audiovisual Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction