ERIC Number: ED609863
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jan
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
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Exploring Teachers' Influence on Student Success in an Online Biology Course. REL 2021-056
Hughes, John; Kisa, Zahid; Sharp, Diana
Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast
Instruction plays a critical role in student success. However, most studies of teachers' effects on student learning focus on face-to-face settings. Some aspects of online courses, such as the choice of synchronous or asynchronous instruction and the course structure, might reduce teachers' influence on their students. This study of an online high school biology course offered by Florida Virtual School examined the variation in students' course segment (similar to semester) completion rates, end-of-segment exam scores, and time to segment completion that is attributable to the influence of teachers. Students' scores on the end-of-segment exam varied only slightly across teachers, while completion rates and time to completion varied more. [For the appendixes, see ED609865; for the study snapshot; see ED609866.]
Descriptors: Online Courses, Biology, Secondary School Science, High School Students, Teacher Influence, Success, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Academic Persistence, Science Tests, Scores, Time, Student Characteristics, Teaching Methods, Virtual Schools, High School Teachers, Science Teachers
Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Available from: Institute of Education Sciences. 550 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20202. Tel: 202-245-6940; Web site: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southeast/index.asp
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (ED); Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast (ED); Florida State University
Identifiers - Location: Florida
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: EDIES17C0011
IES Publication: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/projects/project.asp?projectID=4657