Impact of Online Discussions on Web Based Assessments

Int. J. Distance Educ. Technol. Pub Date : 2017-10-01 DOI:10.4018/IJDET.2017100106

L. Powell, H. Wimmer, Lawrence Kilgus, C. Force

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Thepracticeofincludingonlinediscussionpoststotraditionalcoursesisincreasing.Onlinediscussions allowforactivelearningtooccurasstudentsexpresstheirideasandrespondtoothers.Thetimeand thoughtprovidedbyonlinediscussionpostsallowsstudentstoutilizehigherlevelcognitiveskills. Web-basedassessmentsareanothertechnologytoolthatinstructorsareincludingintheircourses. Thisstudyexaminedtheimpactofonlinediscussionpostsonachievementofweb-basedassessments foranupperlevelundergraduatebusinessandtechnologywritingintensivecourse.Usingatreatment groupandacontrolgroup,studentachievementscoresfortheonlineassessmentsweremeasured. Resultsindicatethatassessedgradesofthetreatmentgroupswerehigherthanthecontrolgroup, howeverstatisticalsignificancewasmixedamongthewebassessments.Theresultsfurtherillustrate theneedforadditionalresearchintoonlinediscussionsappliedtoweb-basedassessments. KEyWORDS Active Learning, Online Discussions, Student Achievement, Web Based Assessments, Writing Intensive Courses

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Thepracticeofincludingonlinediscussionpoststotraditionalcoursesisincreasing。Onlinediscussions allowforactivelearningtooccurasstudentsexpresstheirideasandrespondtoothers。Thetimeand thoughtprovidedbyonlinediscussionpostsallowsstudentstoutilizehigherlevelcognitiveskills。Web-basedassessmentsareanothertechnologytoolthatinstructorsareincludingintheircourses。Thisstudyexaminedtheimpactofonlinediscussionpostsonachievementofweb-basedassessments foranupperlevelundergraduatebusinessandtechnologywritingintensivecourse。Usingatreatment groupandacontrolgroup，studentachievementscoresfortheonlineassessmentsweremeasured。> Resultsindicatethatassessedgradesofthetreatmentgroupswerehigherthanthecontrolgroup， > howeverstatisticalsignificancewasmixedamongthewebassessments。Theresultsfurtherillustrate theneedforadditionalresearchintoonlinediscussionsappliedtoweb-basedassessments。关键词主动学习，在线讨论，学生成绩，基于网络的评估，写作强化课程

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