Dissertations / Theses: 'Self evaluation of courses'

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Shaw, Donna Carole. "Academic dishonesty in traditional and online courses as self-reported by students in online courses." [Johnson City, Tenn. : East Tennessee State University], 2004. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/896.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--East Tennessee State University, 2004.
Title from electronic submission form. ETSU ETD database URN: etd-0331104-152112. Includes bibliographical references. Also available via Internet at the UMI web site.

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Kuo, Yu-Chun. "Interaction, Internet Self-Efficacy, and Self-Regulated Learning as Predictors of Student Satisfaction in Distance Education Courses." DigitalCommons@USU, 2010. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/741.

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Online learning research is largely devoted to comparisons of the learning gains between face-to-face and distance students. While student learning is important, comparatively little is known about student satisfaction when engaged in online learning and what contributes to or promotes student satisfaction. Emerging research suggests there are a few strong predictors of student satisfaction, and other predictors that may or may not predict student satisfaction. None of the existing research examines predictors together, or statistically controls for course differences. This study examines the influence of various factors on student satisfaction including three types of interaction, Internet self-efficacy, and self-regulated learning. Participants (N = 180) include both undergraduate and graduate students attending exclusively online classes in education. Students responded to an online survey adapted from several different scales. A pilot test of the survey and procedures showed strong validity and reliability for the sample. To control for course differences, data analysis focused on a hierarchical linear model (HLM) with student and class level variables. Results indicate learner-instructor interaction and learner-content interaction are significant predictors of student satisfaction when class-level variables are excluded. Of the class-level predictors, only the program from which the course was offered moderates the effect of learner-content interaction on student satisfaction. There is no direct impact of class-level predictors on student satisfaction. Learner-content interaction is the sole significant predictor when class-level predictors are added to the model. Supporting analyses for the HLM, results, limitations, and significance of the findings are reported and discussed.

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Wernersbach, Brenna M. "The Impact of Study Skills Courses on Academic Self-Eficacy." DigitalCommons@USU, 2011. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/909.

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Colleges across the nation are increasingly interested in improving retention of students. Many universities have begun offering workshops and courses targeted at improving study skills in academically underprepared students with the goal of helping students succeed in higher education and continue enrollment. The impact of such courses on study skills themselves has been supported, but prior research has not examined the courses impact on students' beliefs about their ability to succeed in college - that is, their levels of academic self-efficacy. This study examined pre- and post-test levels of academic self-efficacy in college students enrolled in a study skills course in comparison to students not enrolled in such a course. Results indicated that students identified as academically underprepared did indeed have lower levels of skill and academic-self efficacy than students not enrolled in study skills courses, and students enrolled in study skills courses had greater increases in academic self-efficacy than comparison students.

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Liu, Yujuan. "Investigating Students’ Basic Needs and Motivation in College Chemistry Courses with the Lens of Self-Determination Theory." Scholar Commons, 2017. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6887.

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More graduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathmetics (STEM) fields are needed to keep our nation’s preeminance in the global fields of technology and science. However, fewer than 40% of students who intend to major in STEM fields when entering college complete a STEM degree. Therefore, it is important to explore factors to improve student persistence in STEM fields at the college level as well as to understand the interrelationship between student motivation, academic achievement, and persistence. Motivation is strongly associated with student achievement and persistence; meanwhile, academic achievement can also affect persistence. Self-determination theory (SDT) represents a framework of several mini-theories to explore how social context interacts with people’s motivation. The three studies in this dissertation aim to investigate student motivation using instruments based on SDT and to explore the viability of the theory in a reform environment. In Study 1, the Academic Motivation Scale – Chemistry (AMS-Chemistry) was developed as an instrument based on the self-determination continuum to measure seven types of student motivation toward specific chemistry courses. Data gathered with AMS in college chemistry courses showed that AMS was a suitable candidate for modification. Based on expert panel discussions and cognitive interviews, AMS-Chemistry was developed. AMS-Chemistry was administered to university students in a general chemistry course as pre/post-test. Internal structure validity evidence was also collected. Results showed that students were more extrinsically motivated toward chemistry on average, and there was an overall motivational difference favoring males with a medium effect size. Correlation studies revealed that intrinsic motivation subscales were positively associated with student academic achievement at the end of the semester. Results also showed that students who persisted in class attendance scored significant differently on the set of motivation subscales. This study suggests that AMS-Chemistry is easy to administer and can be used to better understand students’ motivation status and how it might change across the curriculum. Faculty interested in promoting student intrinsic motivation may also use AMS-Chemistry to evaluate the impact of their efforts. In Study 2, AMS-Chemistry was used to examine student motivation and determine how motivation is related to academic achievement at different points in time in organic chemistry courses. This study was conducted in two organic chemistry courses where one course was primarily lecture-based and the other implemented flipped classroom and peer-lead team learning (Flip-PLTL) pedagogies. Descriptive statistics showed that students in both courses were more extrinsically motivated and their motivation moved in negative directions across the semester. Factorial multivariate analysis of covariance revealed a main effect of pedagogical approach. Students in the Flip-PLTL environment were significantly less lack of motivation toward chemistry at the end of the semester while controlling for the motivation pre-test scores; however, there was no evidence for sex main effect and interaction effect between sex and pedagogical approach. Correlation results revealed variable relationships between motivation subscales and academic achievement at different time points. In general, intrinsic motivation subscales were significantly and positively correlated with student academic achievement; Amotivation was negatively correlated with academic achievement. The findings in this study showed the importance of Flip-PLTL pedagogies in improving student motivation toward chemistry. In Study 3, students’ perceptions of basic psychological needs and intrinsic motivation were studied using instruments in accordance with SDT in first-year college chemistry courses. The interrelationships among the variables were also investigated. Students’ self-reported scores showed that they had positive perceptions with respect to the motivational variables where Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) was being implemented. Students’ written comments also provided evidence for their positive perceptions. Structural equation modeling results showed that it was viable to use SDT in the POGIL context, since the three basic needs explained a significant amount of variance in intrinsic motivation. The findings could help instructors become more aware of students’ perceptions of the learning environments in active learning settings, and therefore, instructors wishing to target student engagement are encouraged to implement active learning pedagogies, such as POGIL. The research studies presented in this work contribute to our understanding of motivation as an important factor influencing student persistence in STEM fields in both traditional classroom and different active learning environments at the college level. Each study provided psychometric evidence for the use of instruments based on SDT in college chemistry courses. Chemistry educators can use these assessments to understand the nuances of student motivation. Findings from these assessments can then be used to design strategies to help students learn and/or to be more motivated toward chemistry. Also, this work highlights the importance of looking at the motivation of different groups of students, such as the underrepresented students, because their response trends may be different. Being aware of students’ different needs will help chemistry educators to understand how we can better increase students’ intrinsic motivation in our chemistry courses.

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Daines, John M. "Self-evaluation and achievement in a vocationally orientated science practical course." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.330147.

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Hagemeier, Nicholas E., Sarah Melton, and Leonard B. Cross. "Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Self-Awareness Focused Contemporary Pharmacy Practice Course." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1455.

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Objectives: Foster personal and professional development through implementing a 1st-professional year course focused on increasing student self-awareness related to themselves, their chosen profession, and their future careers. Method: Eighty-nine students enrolled in a required 2-credit hour Contemporary Practice of Pharmacy I course during the Fall 2013 semester. Course content aligned closely with the CAPE 2013 Self-Awareness subdomain. Topics included, but were not limited to: effective learning strategies, achievement motivation, finance and time management, professional communication and etiquette, career exploration, and professional history and visioning. Formative and summative evaluations, e-portfolio entries, and submitted assessments and reflections were used to evaluate inaugural course outcomes. Results: Early course self-reflections and self-assessments revealed students particularly appreciated increasing their self-awareness related to strengths, learning strategies, and financial management. However, mid-semester formative evaluations revealed that 75% of students perceived little benefit from the class secondary to previous exposure to course topics. Purposeful activities were used to stress differences between topic exposure and reflection upon and integration of content into one’s self-schema. Summative course evaluations were subsequently positive (median 4 or 5 on 5-point Likert scale for all items), and e-portfolio submissions and course self-reflections indicated self-reported professional and personal growth in multiple domains. Implications: Students benefitted from multiple, purposeful, authentic opportunities to develop personal and professional self-awareness through participation in the course. However, incorporation of perceivably familiar personal and professional development topics in pharmacy curricula may be met with student reservation. Integration of self-awareness opportunities throughout the curriculum may foster student buy-in regarding perceivably familiar topics.

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Naparstek, Laurie Schwartz. "Comparing instructor self-perception versus student perceptions using the same teaching evaluation instrument: a study of computer science courses in an urban master's degree program." Thesis, Boston University, 2005. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/31989.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University
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This study compares instructor self-perceptions with student perceptions of teaching quality using the same 16-item evaluation instrument. Three hypotheses were investigated: (1) Instructors' self-evaluations will be higher than those of their respective students; (2) The more similar student-instructor perceptions, the more likely instructors will receive a higher score compared to when student-instructor perceptions are more divergent; and (3) Students taking a course as a major requirement will be more critical of the instructor than those students taking the course as distribution requirement or an elective. A total of 1,524 individuals (1,452 graduate students and 72 instructors) in a part-time evening computer science program participated in the study of 79 courses over the spring and fall semesters of 1996. Overall, instructors generally perceived themselves more positively than their students, although statistically significant differences were observed for only three relevant items (involving grading fairness, presentation clarity and instructor enthusiasm) of the 16 items evaluated. Instructors whose perceptions were more similar to their students were generally rated higher than those instructors whose perceptions were more divergent from their students; however, the difference was not significant. Finally, contrary to the third hypothesis, the reason for taking a course did not have a significant effect on student ratings of the instructor.
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Taylor, Helen Kermgard. "Evaluation of a community college extended orientation course : effect on self-appraisal and performance /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7882.

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Ishikawa, Yasushige. "Blended learning in a university EFL course." Kyoto University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/199405.

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Kyoto University (京都大学)
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(主査)教授壇辻正剛, 教授東郷雄二, 教授齋藤治之, 教授服部文昭
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Andrade, João Guilherme Lopes de. "AutoAvaliaação Institucional: Consolidando e Avançando Processos." Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2017. http://www.repositorio.jesuita.org.br/handle/UNISINOS/6321.

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UNICEUB - Centro Universitário de Brasília
O presente trabalho investigativo objetivou conhecer procedimentos de auto-avaliação empreendidos pelo UniCEUB (Centro Universitário de Brasília) para melhor qualificarmos processos avaliativos e assim incentivar seu desenvolvimento. Envolveu três Cursos da Instituição e seus coordenadores e teve como enfoque central, além de compreender as dinâmicas, sugerir alguns indicadores e ações para a qualificação de seu processo avaliativo. Os principais autores que embasaram o estudo foram: José Dias Sobrinho, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, José de Carvalho Mourão, Paulo Freire, A metodologia utilizada teve enfoque qualitativo, sem desconsiderar dados quantitativos, uma vez que trabalhou mais com o universo dos significados, das compreensões dos dados coletados; utilizou-se também, para ouvir os sujeitos durante processo, de entrevistas semiestruturadas. Centrou as dimensões analíticas em duas direções: a primeira envolvendo os Projetos Pedagógicos do UniCEUB e dos três Cursos investigados, para identificar suas concepções e a segunda, a autoavaliação na sua especificidade. Utilizei-me para complementar os dados de documentos institucionais pertinentes à temática estudada e ouvi o representante do Setor Pedagógico. Estas duas direções sugeriram indicadores conceituais, atitudinais e operacionais, que precisarão ser aperfeiçoados; se localizaram nos primeiros as concepções educativas e avaliativas; nos segundos, os valores defendidos e praticados e nos indicadores operacionais, as ações e os procedimentos adotados. Os resultados obtidos nos permitem vislumbrar algumas possiblidades de avanços sobre o processo avaliativo institucional, não só sugeridos pelos coordenadores e pelos estudos realizados, mas, pela minha percepção como gestor. Entretanto, e ao mesmo tempo, ver e acompanhar uma instituição, como o UniCEUB que, desde 1968, vem mantendo o mesmo ideal empreendedor, de constante desenvolvimento de seu projeto pedagógico, de qualificação de processos de aprendizagem, de constante preocupação na qualificação de colaboradores, me ajudou a enxergar aspectos que por vivermos diuturnamente a Instituição, nem sempre percebemos. Constatei que há alguns traços que são marcas da sua cultura organizacional e vi, também, que há um laço afetivo entre instituição, colegiado e alunado, que precisa ser continuamente cultivado.
The present research aims to know the self-evaluation procedure performed by the UniCEUB (University Center of Brasília) to better qualify the processes and thus encourage their development. It involved three courses of the Institution and its coordinators and had as central focus, besides dynamics, to suggest some indicators and actions for a qualification of its evaluation process. The authors who supported the study were: José Dias Sobrinho, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, José de Carvalho Mourão, Paulo Freire, The methodology used with a qualitative approach, without disregarding quantitative data, since they work with the universe of meanings, Understandings Of the data collected; It was also used, to listen to the subjects during the process, of semistructured interviews. It centered as analytical dimensions in two directions: the first involving the pedagogical projects of the UniCE and the three Courses investigated, to identify their conceptions and a second, a self-assessment in its specificity. I used to complement the data of institutional documents pertinent to the subject studied and I heard the representative of the Pedagogical Sector. These two directions suggest conceptual, attitudinal, and operational concepts that need to be perfected; They were located as educational and evaluative conceptions; In the second, the values defended and practiced and the operational indicators, such as actions and procedures adopted. The results obtained in our work showed some possibilities of advances on the institutional evaluation process, were not suggested by the coordinators and the studies carried out, but by my perception as a manager. At the same time, the follow-up of an institution, such as the UniCEUB, which since 1968 has maintained the same entrepreneurial ideal, constantly developing its pedagogical project, qualifying learning processes, constant concern for the qualification of employees, It helped me to see one who, because we live an Institution, we do not always perceive. Note that there are some traces that are marks of your organizational culture and I have also seen that there is an affective bond between the collegial and alunate institution that needs to be continually cultivated.

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Needham, Carma Martino. "At the Crossroads of Divorce: A Formative Evaluation of a Self-Directed Intervention for Utah's Divorce Orientation Education Class for Divorcing Parents." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2010. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2415.

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This formative evaluation focuses on feedback regarding a self-guided educational intervention for those at the crossroads of divorce. Entitled Should I Keep Trying to Work It Out? A Guidebook for Individuals and Couples at the Crossroads of Divorce (And Before), this Guidebook aims to help individuals minimize possible ambiguity in the decision-making process surrounding divorce. Fifty-three participants were recruited through divorce orientation education classes to provide formative feedback via brief phone surveys. Eighteen of these provided in-depth interviews for additional feedback. Though the participants in this study were largely past the crossroads of divorce, most agreed or strongly agreed that the Guidebook was helpful (61%), trustworthy (88%), helped them change some of their attitudes about divorce (67%), and helped them be more prepared for the divorce (81%). Additionally, 64% reported feeling more confident about their decision to divorce, including three noteworthy cases that cited domestic violence as their reason for divorce. Overall, this Guidebook appears to be useful to those who are contemplating divorce. Options for improving the Guidebook and introducing it earlier in the decision-making process are discussed.

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Spicer-Sutton, Jama, James Lampley, and Donald W. Good. "Self-Assessment and Student Improvement in an Introductory Computer Course at the Community College Level 1." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/283.

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The purpose of this study was to determine a student’s computer knowledge upon course entry and if there was a difference in college students’ improvement scores as measured by the difference in pretest and post-test scores of new or novice users, moderate users, and expert users at the end of a college level introductory computing class. This study also determined whether there were differences in improvement scores by gender or age group. The results of this study were used to determine whether there was a difference in improvement scores among the three campus locations participating in this study. Four hundred sixty-nine students participated in this study at a community college located in Northeast Tennessee. A survey, pretest, and post-test were administered to students in a college level introductory computing class. The survey consisted of demographic data that included gender, age category, location, Internet access, educational experience and the self-rated user category, while the pretest and post-test explored the student’s knowledge of computer terminology, hardware, the current operating system, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint. The data analysis revealed significant differences in pretest scores between educational experience categories. In each instance, the pretest mean for first semester freshmen students was lower than second semester freshmen and sophomores. The study also reported significant differences between the self-rated user categories and pretest scores as well as differences in improvement scores (post-test scores minus pretest scores). However, the improvement scores (post-test scores minus pretest scores) were higher than the other self-rated user categories. Of the three participating campus locations, students at Location 1 earned higher improvement scores than did students at Location 2. The results also indicated that there was a significant difference between the types of course delivery and course improvement scores (post-test scores minus pretest scores). The improvement scores for on ground delivery was 5 points higher than the hybrid course delivery. Finally, study revealed no significant differences according to the gender and age categories.

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Schneider, William Ray. "The Relationship Between Statistics Self-Efficacy, Statistics Anxiety, and Performance in an Introductory Graduate Statistics Course." Scholar Commons, 2011. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3335.

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The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between statistics self-efficacy, statistics anxiety, and performance in introductory graduate statistics courses. The study design compared two statistics self-efficacy measures developed by Finney and Schraw (2003), a statistics anxiety measure developed by Cruise and Wilkins (1980), and a course performance measure. To view self-efficacy from two perspectives, the Current Statistics Self-Efficacy (CSSE) assessed student confidence in their ability to complete specific statistics tasks in the present, whereas Self-Efficacy to Learn Statistics (SELS) assessed student confidence in their ability to learn statistics in the future. The performance measure was the combined average of the midterm and final exam scores only, excluding grades from other course activities. The instruments were distributed to four sections of an introductory graduate statistics course (N=88) in a College of Education at a large metropolitan university during the first week of the semester during Fall 2009 and Spring 2010. Both of the statistics self-efficacy measures revealed a low to moderate inverse relationship with statistics anxiety and a low to moderate direct relationship with each other. In this study there was no correlation between statistics anxiety (CSCS), statistics self-efficacy (CSSE and SELS), and course performance. There was high internal reliability for each instrument's items making the instruments suitable for use with graduate students. However, none of the instruments' results were significant in relation to course performance with graduate students in this sample. Unlike prior research involving undergraduate-level statistic students that has reported a relationship between the CSSE and SELS, the present study, involving graduate students, did not find any significant correlation with performance. Additional research is suggested to investigate the reasons for the differences between the studies.

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Cruz, Maria de Fatima Silveira Lopes [UNIFESP]. "Portfólio do Discente: Resgatando uma Experiência no Curso de Medicina da UNIMONTES." Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2009. http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/9945.

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A avaliação e os instrumentos avaliativos continuam sendo um grande desafio no processo ensino-aprendizagem. Partindo desse entendimento, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo conhecer a importância[Otilia Se1] do portfólio no processo de ensino-aprendizagem, a partir da perspectiva dos estudantes e mentores que vivenciaram essa experiência no período do primeiro semestre de 2005 até o primeiro semestre de 2007, no[Otilia Se2][Microsoft3] Curso de Medicina da UNIMONTES. O desenho metodológico compreendeu os seguintes procedimentos: pesquisa bibliográfica e documental (os portfólios dos estudantes e as avaliações realizadas pelos mentores acerca dos estudantes) e questionário de perguntas abertas e fechadas. Os dados foram analisados pela técnica da Análise de Conteúdo com uso da Análise Temática. Os sujeitos da pesquisa foram os estudantes que iniciaram o Curso de Medicina em fevereiro de 2005 e um mentor que desenvolveu o portfólio com essa turma. Os resultados evidenciam que os estudantes estão comprometidos com o processo de ensinoaprendizagem. O portfólio possibilitou as percepções pessoais dos desempenhos dos discentes nos aspectos cognitivos, de habilidades e de atitudes e forneceu informações sobre as atividades curriculares. Os dados indicam que o portfólio atuou em vários níveis de avaliação: deu suporte ao processo de aprendizagem e autoaprendizagem; possibilitou a reflexão dos estudantes sobre seu próprio trabalho, identificando seus avanços e dificuldades; demonstrou o desempenho dos professores, das atividades pedagógicas e dos serviços de ensino, possibilitando um rico conhecimento sobre o caminhar de todo o curso. Segundo a pesquisa, o mentor tem relevante papel, ao mediar o desenvolvimento do desempenho do estudante. Assim, é evidente a necessidade de formação continuada por parte dos mentores e dos estudantes acerca dessa ferramenta avaliativa. Nesse contexto, o estudo aponta para a necessidade de reaprender conceitos e ressignificar a avaliação com a finalidade de torná-la mais efetiva e homogênea por parte dos docentes e dos discentes. Avaliar é importante para aperfeiçoar a pessoa, projetá-la, descobrir pontos positivos, que possam melhorá-la ainda mais, conhecer o que o estudante ainda não aprendeu para estimulá-lo a aprender, para mudar, transformar a sua forma de ser, pensar e agir. Palavras-chave: Portfólio, Avaliação Formativa, Autoavaliação, Perfil do Estudante, Curso de Medicina.
The evaluation process and evaluative instruments still remain a great challenge in the teaching-learning process. Based on this fact, the aim of this study was to identify the importance of the portfolio in the teaching-learning process, from the student´s and professor´s point of view who attend the Medical Course fin the first semester of 2005. The methodological design involved the following procedures: document research (students portfolio and the evaluation processes performed by tutors) and open closed format questions. Data were analyzed by means of Content Analysis with the aid of thematic analysis. The subjects of this research were students who started the Medical Course on February 2005 and a tutor who gave support during the course. The results showed that students are involved in the teaching-learning process. This instrument allowed personal perceptions of the student´s development regarding cognitive aspects, abilities, attitudes and also allowed to obtain information on curricular activities. Data showed that the portfolio operated in several levels of the evaluation process; gave support to the teaching-learning process and self-learning; allowed the students to make considerations on their own work environment, identifying improvements and difficulties; showed the professor´s performance, regarding pedagogical activities and teaching services, and brought a rich knowledge about development during the course. According to the research, the tutor had an important role when mediating the student´s development. It was obvious the need of a continuous education for tutor and students about evaluative instruments, emphasizing the necessity of reflections, readings and discussion on this issue. In this context, this study showed the importance to re-learn concepts and re-meaning the evaluation process aiming to make this process more effective and homogeneous by the professors and students. Evaluation helps the individual to develop, to project, to be able to discover positive points in order to improve oneself, also to get to know the student, stimulating him to learn, to change, to transform the way somebody thinks and acts.
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Amaral, Elaine Abrahao. "AVALIAÇÃO INSTITUCIONAL NA GESTÃO DE DESEMPENHO ESCOLAR E EMPRESARIAL E O FEEDBACK EM REDE: UM ESTUDO DE CASOS MÚLTIPLOS." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, 2007. http://localhost:8080/tede/handle/tede/1199.

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This dissertation on Performance Evaluation has as its objective a contribution to the discussion of the nature and application of the feedback tool in the undergraduate courses of Administração (Administration). This feedback would be a proposal for internal evaluation, i.e., the self evaluation of courses. Out of the difficulty of a self evaluation process for the undergraduate courses, emerges a problem-question to be researched: in what way does the net feedback tool promote a management quality of the performance of the Administration course? The study of multiple case is chosen, having a descriptive, and exploratory character as its method of study due to three factors: 1) assuming the existence of little academic knowledge about the proposed problem, 2) the methodology allows the deep study of phenomena in context, 3) feedback in Brazilian companies is ample but it has an innovative character at the universities. Theoretically, the project supports itself from the contributions of: Taylor (1856 1915), with scientific administration; MacGregor (1906 1964), leadership styles; Habermas (1987), the communicative action theory; Enguita (1989), today s contradictions in the capitalist system; Reis (2003), net feedback; Dias Sobrinho e Ristoff (2000), Trigueiro (2004), institutional evaluation. The sample is taken from the observation of a University Center (MG) and a Mexican Multinational branch in the telecommunication field, located in Goiânia GO, which uses the net feedback to bring these realities close together. The study was done through in locus research, through a bibliographical review, documental analysis, interviews and questionnaire application.
Essa dissertação sobre a Avaliação do Desempenho objetiva contribuir para a discussão da natureza e aplicabilidade do instrumento de feedback em redes,nos cursos de graduação de Administração, dentro de uma proposta de avaliação interna, isto é, de auto-avaliação de cursos. Da dificuldade de realização do processo de auto-avaliação dos cursos superiores, emerge a questão-problema a ser pesquisada: em que sentido o instrumento de feedback em rede promove a qualidade da gestão de desempenho do Curso de Administração? Decide pelo estudo de caso múltiplo, de caráter descritivo e exploratório, como seu método de estudo em decorrência de três fatores: 1) a constatação de que existe pouco conhecimento acadêmico acerca do problema proposto; 2) a percepção de que a referida metodologia permite o estudo de fenômenos em profundidade no contexto; 3) a ampla difusão do feedback nas empresas brasileiras e, por outro lado, tem caráter inovador nas Instituições de Ensino Superior. Teoricamente, o projeto se sustenta nas contribuições de Taylor (1856-1915), com a administração científica; MacGregor (1906-1964), os estilos de liderança; Habermas (1987), a teoria da ação comunicativa; Enguita (1989), e as contradições do sistema capitalista presentes no contexto escolar e empresarial; Reis (2003), e o feedback em rede; Dias Sobrinho e Ristoff (2000), Trigueiro (2004), e a proposta de avaliação institucional para além da regulação. A pesquisa se desenvolveu em um Centro Universitário sediado em Minas Gerais e uma filial de uma Multinacional do ramo de telecomunicações, localizada em Goiânia-GO, que utilizam o feedback em rede para fazer a aproximação dessas realidades. O estudo foi conduzido por meio da pesquisa de campo (realização de entrevistas e aplicação de questionários), da revisão bibliográfica e da análise documental, analisados à luz do referencial teórico do SINAES. Os resultados revelaram uma convergência nas pesquisadas, favoráveis à validade do método para avaliação interna.

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Bailey, Adriana Raquel. "Evaluation of an intervention program for assisting family caregivers with placement decisions." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2098.

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The emotional aspect of caregiving is extremely complex and caregivers face tremendous emotional challenges as they react to the reality of their loved one's increasing disability. When it comes to making the placement decision, caregivers have frequently reached a burnout point in making decisions.

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Buenrostro, Martha. "Affective Reactions and Psychosocial Functioning in the Course of Psycho-Educational Assessment." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1999. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2210/.

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Every day, children throughout the United States are given psychological evaluations for many different clinical and psycho-educational purposes. Very little research has attempted to investigate children's responses to the experience of having intellectual and achievement tests administered. The goal of the current research was to explore the effect a psycho-educational evaluation has on children in areas of self-concept and anxiety. Dependent variables consisted of pre- and post-test measures of anxiety and self-concept. A total of 75 children in the 4th 5th and 6th grades were recruited after referral for evaluation and possible placement in the Talented and Gifted Program or Special Education. This study employed Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), t-tests, multiple regression analysis, and correlational analysis. Findings included initial evidence that children endorsed decreased anxiety after psycho-educational assessments rather than increased anxiety, suggesting that fear of unknown situations may be more anxiety provoking than the actual situation itself, potentially beneficial findings for psychology and psychometric professionals who evaluate children daily. Students endorsement of academic self-concept significantly predicted anxiety after a psycho-educational evaluation, indicating that students who feel capable in academic areas may endorse less anxiety after an evaluation than students who do not feel academically capable. Finally, negative verbal interaction with parents significantly predicted lower general self-concept scores, providing evidence that the manner in which parents verbally relate to their children may have significant impact for the mental health of children.

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Glenn, Ivonne. "The Role of Self-efficacy in Self-regulation Learning in Online College Courses." Thesis, Northcentral University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10810134.

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Online education courses provide students with flexibility of time and place to learn (Kena et al., 2016). The percentage of college students enrolled in distance education course has increased to 28%. The problem is the high rate of students who failed to complete online courses is alarming. failing rates in online courses range from 10% to 90%. If college retention in online courses remains unaddressed, the US will continue to be in disadvantage to compete globally. Self-regulation has been endorsed as a key factor to predict successful online learning. The purpose of this quasi-experimental quantitative study using a correlational research design was to examine the relationship between a self-reported and a tracing instrument to measure self-efficacy over time. The study was fulfilled by conducting a study among college students taking an online course during the fall semester of 2017 at Hartnell College, CA. Research method was a correlational statistical test analysis. The theoretical framework for the research study was the social-cognitive Self-Regulated Learning framework by Pintrich. Self-reported instrument was able to measure change over time implying that the use of self-reported mechanisms could be used to measure the dynamic relationships of SRL. Traced-self efficacy in technology use increases academic achievement over time. Self-reported and traced self-efficacy variables could better predict mastery of content in an online course. The researcher contributed with a study that measured self-efficacy over time to better understand the dynamic role of motivation in self-regulation learning (Karabenick, 2015). Future studies should consider research methodologies that include analysis over time to be able to explore the dynamic relationship between SRL processes.

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Girdler, Derek. "The evaluation of training courses for experienced agriculturalists." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1991. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12219/.

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An evaluation of the effectiveness of a training course is very difficult to implement, but it is necessary if the course is to achieve the objectives set out by the course designers. When the participants have completed their training, they should be equipped with the knowledge of the latest developments in their discipline, the skills to be able to put them into practice and the attitude to utilise this training experience to the full in the farm or unit situation. This study assesses the techniques available for evaluation and has selected one method of appraising Adult Short Courses, designed specifically for experienced agriculturalists from a particular farm discipline. The Agricultural Training Group Officer established the training needs of group members and organised a programme based at a central location and staffed by A. T. B. or external instructors. A questionnaire was administered to the population of course attenders at the end of each training day. The levels of knowledge, skills and attitudes were measured using a range of question designs and rating scales. The "before" level was valued at the same time as the "after" score. This is a departure from the more commonly used Pretest, Posttest design. Unit or farm physical performance data, related to stockperson control, was collected over the relevant years. A commercial psychological test was also used to evaluate the trainability of the course attenders. A comparative group of experienced agriculturalists, who were not involved in any A. T. B. training related to their unit attachment, were contacted to provide similar information and reduce any maturation, historical and local errors. The data collected showed significant increases in knowledge, skills and attitude levels with some degree of improvement in unit physical performance. The correlations between the objective criteria, unit physical data, and the subjective criteria, self-assessment ratings, were very mixed for the course attenders. The psychological tests tended to support independent unit manager valuations of the trainees. The training courses were effective and the evaluation has shown that trained staff can improve unit physical performance. The analysis supported the methodologies employed and further testing, with some modifications, using a larger population involved in a range of farm disciplines would be useful.

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Neider, Xyanthe Nicole. "Evaluation criteria in online courses : student and instructor perceptions /." Online access for everyone, 2005. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Fall2005/x%5Fneider%5F111105.pdf.

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Hrubik-Vulanovic, Tatjana. "Effects of intelligent tutoring systems in basic algebra courses on subsequent mathematics lecture courses." Thesis, Kent State University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3618883.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate how intelligent tutoring system ALEKS, which was implemented in remedial Basic Algebra courses, affected students' success in subsequent lecture courses and how former ALEKS students and instructors in lecture courses perceived ALEKS learning environment. ALEKS courses were delivered in emporium style: instructors were available to answer students' questions, while ALEKS guided students through online exercises individually based on their skills and knowledge.

The participants were students from four mathematics lecture courses and their instructors. Some students took remedial courses in ALEKS prior to the lecture courses while some students did not. The quantitative part of the study compared ALEKS and non-ALEKS students on the final examination and students' self-reported-preparedness. The qualitative part of the study discussed students' and instructors' perceptions of ALEKS based on student surveys and instructor interviews.

No difference between ALEKS and non-ALEKS students was found in final examination scores and self-reported-preparedness. Students rated learning experience in ALEKS emporium on average at 2.74 on the scale of one to five, with five being the highest. One third of students liked studying at their own pace and ALEKS content (they rated ALEKS emporium at 3.29), while one fourth claimed that “nothing was good” in emporium courses (they rated ALEKS emporium at 1.55). Although ALEKS emporium was very different from lecture courses, only one fifth of students reported changes in their study habits. The instructors did not observe any difference between ALEKS and non-ALEKS students and mentioned benefits of ALEKS-like tool for drill-and-practice. One instructor observed positive shifts in student attitude towards mathematics but advised longer study to be conducted to confirm this observation.

Providing a choice to students between online and lecture courses, while increasing the role of instructors in online courses, may result in better student satisfaction. Students could also be gradually trained to effectively use online resources. The design changes in ALEKS could include the replacement of the “pie” with the bar chart, different types of feedback, explanation of how assessments are done, and ability to revisit problems on assessments.

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Pérez, Cereijo Maria Victoria. "Factors Influencing How Students Value Asynchronous Web Based Courses." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1999. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc6151/.

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This dissertation discovered the factors influencing how students value asynchronous Web-based courses through the use of qualitative methods. Data was collected through surveys, observations, interviews, email correspondence, chat room and bulletin board transcripts. Instruments were tested in pilot studies of previous semesters. Factors were identified for two class formats. The asynchronous CD/Internet class format and the synchronous online Web based class format. Also, factors were uncovered for two of the instructional tools used in the course: the WebCT forum and WebCT testing. Factors were grouped accordingly as advantages or disadvantages under major categories. For the asynchronous CD/Internet class format the advantages were Convenience, Flexibility, Learning Enhancement, and Psychology. The disadvantages included Isolation, Learning Environment, and Technology. For the synchronous online Web based class format the advantages were Convenience, Flexibility, Human Interaction, Learning Enhancement and Psychology, whereas the disadvantages included Isolation, Learning Environment and Technology. Concurrently, the study revealed the following factors as advantages of the WebCT Forum: Help Each Other, Interaction, Socialization, Classroom News, and Time Independent. The disadvantages uncovered were Complaints, Technical Problems and Isolation. Finally, advantages specified for the WebCT testing tool were Convenience, Flexibility and Innovations, and its disadvantages were Surroundings Not Conducive to Learning, and Technical Problems. Results indicate that not only classroom preference, learning style and personality type influence how students value a Web based course, but, most importantly, a student's lifestyle (number of personal commitments, how far they live, and life's priorities). The WebCT forum or bulletin board, and the WebCT testing or computerized testing were seen mostly by students, as good tools for encouraging classroom communication and testing because of the convenience and flexibility offered. Still, further research is needed both quantitatively and qualitatively to ascertain the true weight of the factors discovered in this study.

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Lee, Albert H. "Development and evaluation of clicker methodology for introductory physics courses." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1245273794.

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Leketi, Makgau Peter. "Evaluation of environmental education courses in Bophuthatswana colleges of education." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003407.

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This study evaluates Environmental Education courses in Bophuthatswana Colleges of Education. The semi-structured interviews with final year students, lecturers, rectors of colleges offering the courses, external examiners and the course co-ordinator at the Institute of Education at the University of Bophuthatswana (Unibo) are made. Written documents relating to Environmental Education courses, such as students' examination answer books, moderators' reports and minutes of meetings, are also used to evaluate the courses. Specifically, the aim of this study is to identify the strengths and the weaknesses of Environmental Education courses in Bophuthatswana Colleges of Education and this would present a contribution in the research field and also be useful in the further refinement of the courses. Strengths and weaknesses identified in this research are related to knowledge of Environmental Education and environmental issues, the syllabuses of the Environmental Education courses, the operation of the courses, the examining of the courses and the ethos and support of the colleges and the local university's Institute of Education. New insights are gained inter alia into the operation of Environmental Education courses in the Teacher Education programme in Bophuthatswana. An important contribution of the study is the application of the phenomenological paradigm, since it allows understanding of subjective experience as far as the operation of Environmental Education is concerned.

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Belluigi, Dina Zoe. "Evaluation of teaching and courses: reframing traditional understandings and practices." Rhodes University, Centre of Higher Education Research, teaching and Learning (CHERTL), 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/59546.

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This anthology outlines case studies which have emerged from an approach to evaluation which enables individual academics to practice a degree of autonomy in how they determine their own evaluation agendas, methods and approaches. This has enabled individual cases of both rigour and creativity when it comes to the collection of data and generation of feed- back on their teaching and/or courses, particularly in relation to transforming curricula responsively; enabling student voice and increasing student ownership; and creating spaces for practices to be challenged. The purpose of the case studies is pedagogic and to illustrate a range of practices and principles. For the sake of clarity some of the details have been omitted or slightly changed.

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Lenahan-Bernard, Joan. "Relationship of Computer Self-Efficacy and Self-Directed Learning Readiness to Civilian Employees’ Completion of Online Courses." NSUWorks, 2014. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/fse_etd/52.

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Relationship of Computer Self-Efficacy and Self-Directed Learning Readiness to Civilian Employees’ Completion of Online Courses. Joan M Lenahan-Bernard, 2014, Applied Dissertation, Nova Southeastern University, Abraham S. Fischler School of Education. ERIC Descriptors: Computer Self-Efficacy, Self-Directed Learning, E-Learning. This study investigated the relationship of computer self-efficacy (CSE) and self-directed learning readiness (SDLR) to civilian employees’ completion of online courses. A mixed methods design was used to answer five research questions: What is the relationship between CSE and federal civilian employees’ completion of online courses? What is the relationship between SDLR and federal civilian employees’ completion of online courses? What do civilian employees identify as the relationship between CSE and SDLR and their decision to complete or not complete online courses? What do civilian employees identify as the relationship between the workplace environment and their decision to complete or not complete online courses? What results emerge from comparing quantitative data and qualitative data regarding the relationship between CSE and SDLR and civilian employees’ decisions to complete online courses? Ninety-eight civilian employees completed the Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale (SDLRS) and the Computer Users Self-Efficacy (CUSE) Scale. Archival data were used to measure course completion. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to determine the relationship of CSE and SDLR to the completion of online courses Interviews were conducted to obtain insight into the relationship between CSE and SDLR and civilian employees’ decision to complete online courses. Qualitative data were organized according to the principles of SDLR theory and themes. A merged data display shows responses aligned with questionnaire scores and completion status. Findings showed no statistically significant relationship between the percentage of online courses completed and CSE (r=.04, p=.72, N=98) or between the percentage of online courses completed and SLDR (r=-.15, p=.15, N=98). The relationship between SDLR and CSE was statistically significant (r=.21, p=.035, N=98) which is supported in the literature. Qualitative analysis showed that civilian employees were frustrated by poor design, outdated nature, and irrelevance of most online courses and resources they were expected to use.

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Pepe, Julie. "STUDENT PERCEPTION OF GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM COURSES." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3545.

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The purposes of this study were to: (a) determine, for General Education Program (GEP) courses, what individual items on the student form are predictive of the overall instructor rating value; (b) investigate the relationship of instructional mode, class size, GEP foundational area, and GEP theme with the overall instructor rating value; (c) examine what teacher/course qualities are related to a high (Excellent) overall evaluation or a low (Poor) overall evaluation value. The data set used for analysis contained sixteen student response scores (Q1-Q16), response number, class size, term, foundational area (communication, cultural/historical, mathematics, social, or science), GEP theme (yes/no), instructional mode (face-to-face or other), and percent responding (calculated value). All identifying information such as department, course, section, and instructor was removed from the analysis file. The final data set contained 23 variables, 8,065 course sections, and 294,692 student responses. All individual items on the student evaluation form were related to the overall evaluation item score, measured using SpearmanÂ s correlation coefficients. None of the examined course variables were selected as significant when the individual form items were included in the modeling process. This indicated students employed a consistent approach to the evaluation process regardless of large or small classes, face-to-face or other instructional modes, foundational area, or percent responding differences. Data mining modeling techniques were used to understand the relationship of individual item responses and additional course information variables to the overall score. Items one to fifteen (Q1 to Q15), class size, instructional mode, foundational area, and GEP theme were the independent variables used to find splits to create homogenous groups in relation to the overall evaluation score. The model results are presented in terms of if-then rules for Â ExcellentÂ or Â PoorÂ overall evaluation scores. The top three rules for Â ExcellentÂ or Â PoorÂ based their classifications on some combination of the following items: communication of ideas and information; facilitation of learning; respect and concern for students; instructorÂ s overall organization of the course; instructorÂ s interest in your learning; instructorÂ s assessment of your progress in the course; and stimulation of interest in the course. Proportion of student responses conforming to the top three rules for Â ExcellentÂ or Â PoorÂ overall evaluation ranged from 0.89 to .60. These findings suggest that students reward, with higher evaluation scores, instructors who they perceive as organized and strive to clearly communicate course content. These characteristics can be improved through mentoring or professional development workshops for instructors. Additionally, instructors of GEP courses need to be informed that students connect respect and concern and having an interest in student learning with the overall score they give the instructor.
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Russell, Jae-eun Lee. "Supporting students' motivation in college online courses." Diss., University of Iowa, 2013. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2620.

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Students' motivation has been identified as a critical factor for meaningful engagement and positive academic achievement in various educational settings. In particular, self-regulation strategies have been identified as important skills in online learning environments. However, applying self-regulation strategies, such as goal setting, strategic planning, and reflect performance takes significant effort. Without motivation, students will not enact these types of strategies. Autonomous self-regulation has been investigated in traditional classroom settings and there is ample empirical evidence of a significant relationship between autonomous self-regulation and engagement and academic achievement. However, such research was limited in online learning environments. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that affected students' autonomous or self-determined forms of regulation as defined in self-determination theory (SDT). The study examined the relations between students' self-regulated motivation and four other variables (students' interests in the course, students' perception of their instructor's interaction type, students' technology self-efficacy, and students' perception of the degree to which their online learning environment used constructivist-based pedagogy), and the interactions among these variables in college online courses. In addition, the study examined the relationship between students' autonomous forms of regulation and their engagement, learning achievement, interaction behaviors, and satisfaction in the online course. For students' interaction behaviors, the total number of authored and read messages, the total number of visits to the content page, the total number of visited topics in the content page, and total duration spent in the content page were examined. One hundred forty students in 19 online courses participated in this study. The results of hierarchical linear modeling analyses revealed: (a) Both environmental factors, instructors' autonomy-supportive interaction and learning environments using constructivist-based pedagogy predicted students' autonomous self-regulated motivation (b) Students' autonomous self-regulated motivation predicted students' self-reported engagement, achievement, and satisfaction (c) Two personal factors, interest in the course and technology self-efficacy did not predict students' autonomous self-regulation (d) Students' autonomous self-regulated motivation did not predict any interaction behaviors. The findings from this study are largely congruent with prior theory and research in the fields of academic motivation, self-determination, and online learning, which note that environmental factors, instructors' autonomy-supportive interaction and constructivist-based pedagogy significantly affect students' autonomous self-regulation in online learning environments.

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Eberhardt, Edna Lucille. "Students' Use of Self-Regulation Strategies in Fully Online and Blended Courses." Thesis, Piedmont College, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3560406.

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This study examined students’ use of self-regulation strategies in fully online and blended courses in a rural high school in northeast Georgia. An examination of self-regulation strategies between and within ethnic groups, gender, students’ grade level, and students enrolled or not enrolled in online or blended courses was conducted. Students (n = 507) and teachers (n = 57) from the high school were provided online learning tasks aimed to advance strategies on self-regulated learning. A modified version of the MSLQ (Pintrich, Smith, Garcia, and McKeachie (1991) was used for the students’ survey. The 19-items modified MSLQ survey was associated with eight factors of self-regulation. The eight factors were goal setting, motivation, task strategies, environment structuring, time management, help-seeking, self-efficacy for computer usage, and self-evaluation. However, based on factor analyses, only three factors emerged from the principal component analysis (PCA). The three factors were task strategies, goal setting, and self-efficacy for computer usage. In the qualitative investigation, teacher questionnaires and teacher interviews were used to generate a rich account of students’ self-regulated strategies, offering insight that helped to identify what self-regulated strategies students need to succeed in online and blended courses.

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Paterson, Karina. "Good practice for formative assessment and feedback in statistics courses." Connect to e-thesis, 2008. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/623/.

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Thesis (MSc(R)) - University of Glasgow, 2008.
MSc(R) thesis submitted to the Faculty of Information and Mathematical Sciences, Department of Statistics, University of Glasgow, 2008. Includes bibliographical references. Print version als available.

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Cobb, Robert Jr. "The relationship between self-regulated learning behaviors and academic performance in web-based courses." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26469.

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This study investigated self-regulated learning behaviors and their relationships with academic performance in web-based courses. The participants (n = 106) were distance learners taking humanities and technical coursed offered by a community college in Virginia. Data was collected using 28 items from the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire and 5 demographically related items. Data analysis included factor analyses, multivariate analysis of variance, and regression analyses. The employment of self-regulated learning behaviors differed between humanities and technical courses (p = .0138). Time and study environment management (p = .0009) and intrinsic goal orientation (p = .0373) categories reported significant findings in their relationship to academic performance. The factors affiliated with time and study environment management and intrinsic goal orientation were used as predictors in the development of a mathematical formula used to predict academic success in a web-based course. These predictors explain 21 percent of the variance in the academic success rating calculated using the mathematical formula developed from this study.
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Lovejoy, Kimberly Ann Rose. "Marriage Moments: An Evaluation of an Approach to Strengthen Couples' Relationships During the Transition to Parenthood, in the Context of a Home Visitation Program." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2004. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/175.

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This study evaluates the efficacy of a self-guided, low-intensity curriculum, Marriage Moments, based on Fowers' (2000) virtues model of marital quality that emphasizes friendship, generosity, justice and loyalty. The Marriage Moments program consists of a guidebook and a video that were designed to strengthen marriages during the transition to parenthood and is used in the context of a home visitation program for first-time parents. Participants in the study included 119 married couples who had recently given birth to their first child. They were assigned to either a treatment, comparison or control group. The treatment group received the Marriage Moments curriculum as well as the Welcome Baby home visitation curriculum, the comparison group only received the Welcome Baby curriculum and the control group received neither program. Data were gathered through a battery of self- and spouse-report measures given at 3-months, 4-months, and 9-months postpartum. Relationship outcome measures included in this study were the Marital Virtues Profile, Revised-Dyadic Adjustment Scale, RELATE Satisfaction subscale, Transition Adjustment Scale, Father Involvement Scale, Household Labor Scale, and Maternal Depression Scale. Despite positive evaluations of the program from participants, analyses revealed a lack of significant, positive effects for members of the treatment group. Further research is needed before reliable conclusions can be drawn about the value of a marital virtues model as a guide for low intensity intervention.

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Peyton, Tracy Arnold. "Motivation and self-regulation of learning strategies on student performance in online courses." [Pensacola, Fla.] : University of West Florida, 2003. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/WFE0000056.

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Jackson, Delores. "Academic Self-efficacy of Adult First-generation Students Enrolled in Online Undergraduate Courses." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc700075/.

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This study examined differences between adult first-generation (AFG) and adult-continuing generation (ACG) students’ academic self-efficacy with regard to the online courses in which they were currently enrolled. The study used an online survey methodology to collect self-reported quantitative data from 1,768 undergraduate students enrolled in an online course at a mid-sized, four-year public university in the southwestern United States; 325 cases were usable for the study. The t-tests revealed no statistically significant differences between the academic self-efficacy of the AFG and ACG students. Parents’ level of educational attainment was unrelated to adult students’ academic self-efficacy with online courses. Ordinary least-squares analysis was used to evaluate student characteristics that might be associated with academic self-efficacy in the online environment. A combination of gender, GPA, age, race/ethnicity (White, Black, Hispanic, and other), and number of previous online courses predicted a statistically significant 12% of the variance in academic self-efficacy in an online environment (p < .001). Age (p < .001) and self-efficacy were positively correlated, meaning that adult students reported greater academic self-efficacy than did younger students; and number of previous online courses (p < .001) was also positively correlated to academic self-efficacy, indicating that students with greater experience with online courses reported a greater sense of academic self-efficacy in that environment than students who had completed fewer online courses. This study has implications of providing additional insight for higher education practitioners working with adult learners. Identifying additional factors influencing adult learners’ academic self-efficacy in an online academic environment may be useful when building effective strategies to improve online retention and completion rates for these students. Future research should examine a wider variety of variables beyond demographic characteristics. External and internal factors, along with existing theories of behaviors should be investigated to help explain adult persistence and retention online and in face-to-face courses.

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Yel, Arzu. "Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of English Courses In Sivas Anatolian High Schools." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12610896/index.pdf.

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This study evaluates the English language courses for 9, 10, 11, and 12th grades in Anatolian high schools in Sivas. The participants of the study were 200 students who were enrolled in the courses and 20 teachers who taught them. The quantitative data were obtained through different course evaluation questionnaires for students and teachers. The eclectic evaluation model employed in this study was structured by adapting the evaluation models suggested by Bellon and Handler (1982) and Brown (1989). The results of the study show that the courses were not much effective in reaching the goals and objectives of the program, the course content and materials were uninteresting for the students and materials were inadequate in providing opportunities for communicative and student-centered activities, the teaching and learning processes lacked variety, and the assessment procedures were not parallel with the objectives of the courses and approaches of the curriculum. Some of the important recommendations of the study were that teachers need to be informed about the curriculum (i.e. goals and objectives, approaches), course content and materials need to be revised and supplementary materials for teaching of all language areas (four skills, grammar, and vocabulary) should be provided, variety needs to be added to the teaching activities, and the four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) need to be assessed properly.

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Chou, Mu-hsuan. "The evaluation of English listening courses at Taiwanese universities : an exploratory study." Thesis, University of York, 2008. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/9934/.

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Goerke, Leah Flores. "A Summative Program Evaluation of Online and Hybrid Military Professional Development Courses." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3161.

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Instructors at a U.S. Military School transitioned traditional courses used for professional development (PD) of military and civilian personnel to fully online and hybrid formats that combine online and face-to-face instruction. No evaluation of student satisfaction or instructor experiences during the transition has been conducted. The purpose of this sequential mixed methods summative program evaluation was to evaluate hybrid and online delivery of 2 PD courses by analyzing student satisfaction data and instructor experiences. This study was grounded in Knowles, Holton, and Swanson's adult learning theory and Anderson's and Salmon's online learning theories. Data from 96 course evaluations from students who completed traditional, online, and hybrid versions of the PD courses, and interviews with 4 instructors who taught the courses were analyzed. Kruskal-Wallis analyses of variance tests were used to examine student satisfaction ratings for significant differences. Student satisfaction narrative and instructor interview data were analyzed using thematic analysis and axial coding to find themes. There were no significant differences in student satisfaction ratings among course delivery methods. The courses were not relevant to jobs, contained little interaction, and identified technology challenges as common themes in the student comments and the instructor interviews. Based on the findings of this study, an evaluation report was drafted with recommendations to incorporate job-related activities, interactive teaching strategies, and technology orientation sessions for future course transitions. This endeavor may contribute to positive social change by informing military officials and faculty to guide future course transitions from traditional to online and hybrid delivery.

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Holland, M. R. "The evaluation of science courses for pupils in the 11-14 age range : A study of the use of evaluation in the development of school science for pupils in the 11-14 age range." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.383169.

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Gorugantu, Swetha. "Malware Analysis Skills Taught in University Courses." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1527083698607394.

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Sosanya-Tellez, Carla Ann. "Transformative Teacher Evaluation: Self Evaluation for High Performing Teachers." PDXScholar, 2010. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/389.

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Public schools are in crisis, as educators and legislators seek to provide high quality education to diverse students in a measurement-driven environment. The public educator's moral imperative is to assure that all children are literate when they leave school so they can thrive in our democracy (Dewey, 1944; Freire, 1998a; Giroux & Giroux, 2004). Yet, the achievement gap persists, as poor African-American and Latino students under-perform as compared to white middle-class students (Ladson-Billings & Tate, 1995). Additionally, public school teachers are predominately middle-class and White, while they teach increasingly diverse children of poverty. In legislation, student assessment, teacher licensure, and research-based curricula have taken center stage. Teacher evaluation is noticeably absent (Danielson, 2002; Iwanicki, 1990; No Child Left Behind Act, 2002). Teacher evaluation is static and mired in politics; it has not historically helped improve school (Peterson, 2000). Investigating teacher evaluation's potential as an overlooked tool to improve teaching for all teachers and students in public school is urgent in this climate. As Stronge and Tucker (2003) asserted, "Without capable, highly qualified teachers in America's classrooms, no educational reform process can possibly succeed" (p. 3). This problem-based learning dissertation addresses a real problem in practice: how to make teacher evaluation meaningful for high-performing teachers. This study explores Wood's (1998) call for a move from traditional to transformative evaluation. Ten high performing teachers field-tested a self-evaluation handbook. They explored study options designed to help them critically reflect on their own teaching, connect with students, reflect, and set new goals. This work shows promise to help teachers and students engage in a more democratic, caring and loving public place we call school. This work is timely. After all, "When all is said and done, what matters most for students' learning are the commitments and capacities of their teachers" (Darling-Hammond, 1997, p. 293).

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Seamon, Marc. "A comparison of the instructional effectiveness of intensive and semester-length courses." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2001. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1928.

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Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 2001.
Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains v, 71 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 56-61).

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Ganivet, Fernando J. "Development of a New Student Evaluation Instrument of Instructor Effectiveness in Online Courses." FIU Digital Commons, 2011. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/382.

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The purpose of this study was to (a) develop an evaluation instrument capable of rating students' perceptions of the instructional quality of an online course and the instructor’s performance, and (b) validate the proposed instrument with a study conducted at a major public university. The instrument was based upon the Seven Principles of Good Practice for Undergraduate Education (Chickering & Gamson, 1987). The study examined four specific questions. 1. Is the underlying factor structure of the new instrument consistent with Chickering and Gamson's Seven Principles? 2. Is the factor structure of the new instrument invariant for male and female students? 3. Are the scores on the new instrument related students’ expected grades? 4. Are the scores on the new instrument related to the students' perceived course workload? The instrument was designed to measure students’ levels of satisfaction with their instruction, and also gathered information concerning the students’ sex, the expected grade in the course, and the students’ perceptions of the amount of work required by the course. A cluster sample consisting of an array of online courses across the disciplines yielded a total 297 students who responded to the online survey. The students for each course selected were asked to rate their instructors with the newly developed instrument. Question 1 was answered using exploratory factor analysis, and yielded a factor structure similar to the Seven Principles. Question 2 was answered by separately factor-analyzing the responses of male and female students and comparing the factor structures. The resulting factor structures for men and women were different. However, 14 items could be realigned under five factors that paralleled some of the Seven Principles. When the scores of only those 14 items were entered in two principal components factor analyses using only men and only women, respectively and restricting the factor structure to five factors, the factor structures were the same for men and women. A weak positive relationship between students’ expected grades and their scores on the instrument was found (Question 3). There was no relationship between students’ perceived workloads for the course and their scores on the instrument (Question 4).

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Dindal, Derek, Sabrina Sykes, and Amy Kennedy. "Identification and Evaluation of Courses within Pharmacy School Curricula Focusing on Health Care Disparities." The University of Arizona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/614464.

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Specific Aims: To identify and assess cultural competency courses for healthcare professionals that are available to pharmacy students. Methods: A literature review was performed to identify research articles discussing pharmacy courses in health care disparities. Additionally, a systematic review of all curricula for ACPE accredited schools of pharmacy was conducted and these syllabi were subsequently evaluated. Main Results: The search identified XXX articles focusing on specific health disparities curricula in schools of pharmacy and XXX syllabi about specific courses. Out of those articles and syllabi XXX were included in the analysis. Results are pending. Conclusions: Anticipated results will be utilized to design effective health disparities curricula at the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy.

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Sun, Zhongmiao. "The effects of design thinking on students' career self-efficacy in career guidance courses." Scholarly Commons, 2019. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/3607.

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The present study focuses on integrating design thinking into career guidance courses to test whether students’ career self-efficacy is increased by comparing the experiment group (by using design thinking method) and the general group (by using traditional teacher-centered method). The basic theoretic framework is Bandura’s self-efficacy theory (Bandura, 1977). Students will achieve career self-efficacy after experiencing repeatedly success (Bandura, 1977) in the career activities through design thinking method. Then students will have more confidence to make more appropriate career choices in their employment environment. This study used AMOS and path analysis to analyze a just-identified model. The model included five endogenous variables as well as six exogenous variables to control for age, sex and GPA. The data met all statistical assumptions of path modeling. In sum, all the five paths between design thinking and the other five endogenous variables were significant positive (p <.001), which indicates that using the design thinking method to teach students’ career courses can improve students’ goal selection, problem solving, occupational information, planning, and self-appraisal scores.

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Onah, Daniel F. O. "Investigating self-regulated learning in massive open online courses : a design science research approach." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2017. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/91704/.

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Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have received wide publicity and many institutions have invested considerable effort in developing, promoting and delivering such courses. However, there are still many unresolved questions relating to MOOCs and their effectiveness. One of the major recurring issues raised in both academic literature and the popular press is the consistently high dropout rate of MOOC learners. Despite the impressive levels of enrolment MOOCs attract, many participants do not complete these courses resulting in completion rates of below 15% for most MOOCs. Although there are many reasons for attrition, a lack of understanding of how diverse learners can be supported to study effectively within this format has been identified as an important contributing issue. The current research addresses two factors which relate to how MOOC participants learn and their ability to make effective progress. Firstly, MOOCs require a high degree of self-regulated learning (SRL) skills but most do not appear to offer adequate support for the development of such skills. To determine the implications of this and develop appropriate support strategies it is necessary to understand more about the concept of SRL in the context of MOOCs and MOOC participants. Related to the issue of self-regulation is the inflexibility and passivity of many current MOOC formats, preventing individuals from setting their own learning objectives and directing their own learning. MOOCs have so far been used mainly to provide stand-alone distance learning opportunities for independent learners. However, there is an increasing focus on their benefits when incorporated into a blended-learning approach. This study investigates the issues of self-regulation and learner autonomy within MOOCs. To better understand the contextual differences between the two very different learning modes, the research considers two separate MOOC applications: one stand-alone, the other blended. Both qualitative and quantitative data collection methods were used to explore learners' SRL skills, autonomous choices and ways of working. An existing conceptualisation of SRL incorporating six separate contributing dimensions was adopted as the theoretical framework for the investigation. Overall, a design science methodology was adopted. Central to this was the development of a novel MOOC platform (eLDa) which was designed to support learners' individual choices relating to goal-setting and the selection of learning path. Elements of established good-practice for MOOC platforms were incorporated into the design together with additional functionality to support the novel features of optional self-direction. In order to study the two contexts noted above, two separate courses were implemented and delivered using this platform. The first was an open online course for independent learners regardless of location; the second was incorporated as part of a blended-learning approach within a traditional campus university module. Data gathered from these courses provide insights into learners' self-regulation within the two contexts individually and also allow a comparative analysis of the different dimensions of SRL between differing teaching modalities. Qualitative data from students also contribute to an understanding of their experience of MOOC study and of how they regulate their learning in practice. The first major contribution of this work is an architecture for and the development of a novel MOOC platform which can be used to provide the necessary functionalities to a greater degree of supporting learners' self-direction. Analysis of the data obtained from the two case studies shows different patterns of SRL. The online course results indicate that there is a high demand for more flexible, self-directed learning but that MOOC learners exhibit deficiencies in specific SRL dimensions. Help seeking and deploying task strategies were indicated as being problematic for the fully online learners. Participants in the blended-learning course generally had lower scores on time management and self-evaluation. Although there were considerable differences between individual students, even learners with a strong formal educational background and an existing track-record of successful learning mostly did not obtain high SRL scores. A high level of social interaction and support-seeking from peers was reported, indicating the increasing importance of social online learning even within a campus university. Analysis of the qualitative data reveals study practices which are obviously highly effective for the learners who employ them but which do not necessarily fall within existing conceptualisations of SRL. This study demonstrates that the novel approach taken to supporting self-direction within MOOCs is one which users evaluate as being both desirable and useful. Further, it points to areas of SRL for which MOOCs should in general develop better support, while at the same time indicating strategies for SRL which are not accommodated within current definitions. This work lends support to the view that SRL is highly context-dependent and suggests that further investigation is needed to capture more appropriate conceptualisations of SRL for online and blended-learning with MOOCs.

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Frank, Steven D. "Evaluation of conservation strips as a conservation biological control technique on golf courses." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/129.

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Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2003.
Thesis research directed by: Entomology. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

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Majumder, Shah Alam [Verfasser]. "Evaluation of the Curriculum of Electronics Trade Courses in Bangladesh / Shah Alam Majumder." München : GRIN Verlag, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1166149145/34.

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Reddy, Mahesh C. "The assessment and evaluation of on-line courses to determine their content vilidity." Online version, 1999. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1999/1999reddy.pdf.

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Bigenho, Christopher William. "Student reflections as artifacts of self-regulatory behaviors for learning: A tale of two courses." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2011. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc103291/.

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The rapid growth of online and blended learning environments in both higher education and K-12, along with the development of innovative game based, narrative driven, problem-based learning (PBL) systems known as Alternate Reality Games (AltRG), has led to the need to understand student’s abilities to self-regulate their learning behaviors and practices in these novel environments. This study examines student reflections and e-mails related to self-regulatory practices for learning across two different course designs for an Internet-based course in computer applications. Both designs leverage PBL but apply different levels of abstraction related to content and the need to self-regulate. The study looked specifically at how students communicated about learning across these environments, what student communications indicated about student readiness for university online learning and how instructional design and methods of instruction shaped student expressions of learning and self-regulation. The research design follows an ethnographic and case study approach as two designs and four sections are examined. Data was collected from student blog posts, email messages and semi-structured interviews. Atlas.TI was used to code the data using constant comparative analysis. A sequential analysis was applied using an a priori structure for self-regulation and post hoc analysis for emergent codes that resulted in the following categories: distraction, group experience, motivation, emotion, prior experiences, and time. Results indicated qualitative differences between the two designs related to student communications for learning and self-regulation. Findings were reported for both the a priori and post hoc analysis. Additionally, two major findings are reported as emerging themes. These are presented and discussed as The Expectation Gap and Different Designs, Different Outcomes.

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Van, Schyndel Jennie L. "Nursing students' perceptions of presence in online courses." Thesis, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3737835.

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Lack of presence in online courses can result in perceived isolation leading to student dissatisfaction with the learning experience. The purpose of this study was to measure nursing students’ perceived extent of teaching, social and cognitive presence and course satisfaction in an online undergraduate nursing course, and whether relationships and associations existed between the three presences, course satisfaction, student demographic, academic, and technology variables, and selected instructional strategies.

The Community of Inquiry theory was the framework used in this descriptive correlational study of RN-BSN students (n= 76). Variables were measured using the Community of Inquiry Survey and the Perceived Student Satisfaction Scale instruments, and a researcher developed survey.

Findings indicated students’ perceived teaching and cognitive presence were present to a greater extent than social presence. Significant positive correlations (p < .01) were found between teaching and cognitive presence (r =.79), cognitive and social presence (r =.64), teaching and social presence (r =.52), satisfaction and the teaching (r =.77), social (r =.63), and cognitive (r =.52) presences. There were no significant findings associated with age, ethnicity, race, number of online courses taken, expected course grade or GPA and perceptions of the three presences and course satisfaction. There was a significant difference (p ≤ .05) with gender and perceived social presence with male students reporting stronger levels. Students experiencing course technology difficulties reported significantly ( p ≤ .05) lower perceptions of teaching presence than those experiencing no difficulty. Significant differences (p ≤ .05) were found between specific course instructional strategies and each presence and course satisfaction. The findings provide faculty with an understanding of online course management and teaching/learning strategies that may increase students’ perceptions of presence in online courses and improve student satisfaction with online learning.

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