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Corona, Shannon F. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which instructor immediacy correlated with online community college students' perceived learning. The research questions that were investigated in the study focused on online instructor immediacy as it relates to praise (words of approval), encouragement (words of support) and examples…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Community Colleges, Correlation, Feedback (Response)
Beckmann Wells, Patricia – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the use of online storytelling as a motivation for young learners to practice narrative skills, measured through active choice, persistence and mental effort (Pintrich & Schunk, 2002). Web analytics was used to track 24 home schooled participants of an online application to teach a 21st…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Language Skills, Oral Language, Home Schooling