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Students-Enthusiasts In Online Classes: Their Contribution To The Educational Process, Anna Toom
Students-Enthusiasts In Online Classes: Their Contribution To The Educational Process, Anna Toom
Graduate School of Education Publications and Research
In this work, the phenomenon of student enthusiasm was explored in a population of 47 students of Touro Graduate School of Education who took the author's online psychology course. The purpose of the study was to find how students-enthusiasts differ from classmates in their communication style(s) reflected in group discussions on the Discussion Board (DB). The research methodology included graphical and statistical analysis of students’ discussions. It was found that, although the enthusiasts constituted a small part (6%) of the investigated population, their contribution to the virtual learning environment was the greatest – they were catalyzers of the educational process. …
Issues Of Online Distance Education: Learning Motivation Of Current And Prospective School Teachers, Anna Toom
Issues Of Online Distance Education: Learning Motivation Of Current And Prospective School Teachers, Anna Toom
Graduate School of Education Publications and Research
In this work, LM in three categories of students – motivated, unmotivated and overmotivated – was explored. Fifty graduate students, which were current and prospective school teachers and took the author’s online psychology courses in 2012-2013, participated in the study. The research methodology included developing the rules of coding students’ course work, designing the 100-scale of LM for representing their individual as well as collective data, and collecting info about students’ academic achievement in this course. According to the results, students’ LM has two co-existing components – pragmatic (grade-oriented) and cognitive (knowledge-oriented). Three mentioned categories of students differ in quantity …