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Dissertation
A comparison of online and face-to-face collaboration on the performance of middle school math students' standardized assessment
University of West Florida Libraries
Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida
2014
Abstract
The effects of incorporating an online social networking platform, hosted through Wikispace, as a method to potentially improve the performance of middle school students on standardized math assessments was investigated in this study. A principal strategy for any educational setting may provide an instructional approach that improves the delivery of instruction and enhances the learners' self-efficacy, motivation, and performance. A pedagogical approach that is centered on learner interaction and engagement is a social collaborative learning environment. The social collaborative learning environment provides an academic atmosphere that highlights Bandura's social cognitive theory of reciprocal determinism. This study identified the triadic reciprocal determinants incorporated within a social collaborative learning environment: (a) social collaborative environmental variables, (b) academic achievement variables, and (c) personal perception variables. The function of the instructional treatment, online social networking collaborative learning environment, for this study was to expose the students to an asynchronous learning environment that encouraged the members to exchange thoughts, communicate perspectives, and employ prior knowledge to enhance problem-solving skills in mathematics. Although the results of the study did not indicate a statistically significant difference in student performance on middle school math standardized assessment, future research could strengthen the effectiveness of developing and implementing an instructional design that incorporates a (online or face-to-face) social collaborative learning environment that will promote learner self-efficacy, motivation, and performance.
Details
- Title
- A comparison of online and face-to-face collaboration on the performance of middle school math students' standardized assessment
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Contributors
- Holly H. Ellis (Committee Member)Carla J Thompson (Committee Member) - University of West Florida, School of EducationByron C Havard (Committee Chair) - University of West Florida, School of Education
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 115
- Copyright
- © 2014 Norma Lynn Eliason
- Identifiers
- 99380090733006600
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Doctor of Education (EDD)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida