The interactivity of the teaching process: The effect of demographic variables

Abstract

This research aims to explore the students' evaluations of interactivity in the teaching process. The research involved 361 students, 127 (35.2%) male and 234 (64.8%) female students. The participants were between 18 and 54 years old (M = 22.32, SD = 5.926). Questions related to the previous and current education of participants, their age, gender and place of residence were included as demographic variables. Interactivity in the teaching process was measured on a five-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree; 5 = strongly agree). Participants had to evaluate their experience of how interactive the teaching processes they had participated in were. The results have shown that the overall assessment of interactivity is relatively high (M= 3.98, SD=.850). Furthermore, the higher education institution that the students attend had a significant effect on their evaluations of interactivity (F(4, 360) = 3.187, p<.014). The results are discussed in the context of possible improvements in interactivity in the teaching process.