ERIC Number: EJ1425432
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 17
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A Multilevel Model Predicting Success in Online High School Courses from Students' Days Active during the Pandemic
William R. Dardick; Michael Corry; Maria Coyle
Quarterly Review of Distance Education, v24 n4 p39-55 2023
Student attendance is a predictive measure of success in brick-and-mortar schools with little research examining this relationship in online schools. This study explores students in online classrooms within online schools, to determine if the days a student was active on a course during the COVID-19 pandemic predicted success. A multilevel modeling found fixed effects for level-1 (days active, gender, ethnicity, free and reduced lunch), level-2 (class size, grade-level, and subject), and random slope for days active significant. School size did not improve the model. Student days active is a powerful predictor and offers insight into student success in online schools.
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, High School Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Attendance, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Student Characteristics, School Size, Institutional Characteristics, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 9; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Grade 10; Grade 11; Grade 12
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Language: English
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