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Grant, Kristina; Davis, Barbara H. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2012
This article describes an action research project conducted by the first author that examined the influence of class meetings on student-to-student as well as student-to-teacher relationships. Her action research project addressed the following overarching question: What influence do class meetings have on relationships in a first-grade classroom?…
Descriptors: Action Research, Research Projects, Teacher Student Relationship, Peer Relationship
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Amro, Hanan; Maxwell, Gerri M.; Kupczynski, Lori – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2013
With continually increasing enrollment, and colleges and universities struggling to meet the demand, leaders in education are turning to the web instruction to deliver instruction to students. In order to meet the needs of these online students, institutions of higher education need more data concerning the factors that influence students'…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Intermode Differences
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Ritter, Carol; Polnick, Barbara; Fink, Raymond, II; Oescher, Jeffery – Internet and Higher Education, 2010
In this study the authors investigated the perceptions of educational leadership graduate students with regard to how well their face-to-face, online and hybrid classes built a sense of classroom community. Perceptions were measured using the Classroom Community Scale (CCS), which included three measures: total classroom community, connectedness,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Instructional Leadership
Jackson, Lana C.; Jones, Stephanie J.; Rodriguez, Roy C. – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2010
This study identified faculty actions which positively influenced student satisfaction in the online classroom at the community college level. The escalating demand for Internet-based, distance education courses has been met by an increased inventory of them. However, while online education has been in existence for over a decade, standardized…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Community Colleges, Distance Education, Online Courses
Chadwick, Mona – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this research is to explore the relationship between math achievement and student resiliency among high school seniors. Seniors from nine school districts in southeast Texas participated by answering a short demographic survey and the "Healthy Kids Resiliency Assessment" (Constantine & Benard, 2001). A total of 457…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Correlation, Resilience (Psychology), Mathematics Achievement
Rowold, Milam C.; Cook, Gillian E. – 1981
The field independent/field dependent tendencies of one-hundred and forty-three (143) Mexican American pupils in two rural, South Texas high schools was assessed. Teachers were given training in the educational implications of cognitive style on the learning process, and training to operate a classroom model designed to accommodate a specific…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Style, High Schools
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Stewart, Barbara L.; Waight, Consuelo L.; Norwood, Marcella M.; Ezell, Shirley D. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2004
Formative and summative evaluations were used to evaluate students' perceptions of online courses. Inquiry focused on three primary areas including a) interaction with course content and instructors, b) accessibility of resources in an on-line environment, and c) perceptions of online course engagement. Findings indicated that students both…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Student Attitudes, Online Courses, Formative Evaluation