TY - JOUR
T1 - Predictors of course outcomes
T2 - early indicators of delay in online classrooms
AU - McElroy, Barbara Woods
AU - Lubich, Bruce Howard
PY - 2013/5/1
Y1 - 2013/5/1
N2 - Studies have long shown that students who begin or submit their work later tend to have negative academic outcomes. The measures of procrastination used in those studies may not have provided information timely enough for instructor intervention. This article focuses on delay in the online environment among graduate students. We propose two new measures of delay that can be disclosed in a timely manner, enabling instructors to help students who are prone to late submissions to succeed. Date of class registration and date of initial class posting are negatively associated with final letter grades. Date of first class posting can serve to alert instructors to those with potential delay problems. The results for date of class registration are less clear.
AB - Studies have long shown that students who begin or submit their work later tend to have negative academic outcomes. The measures of procrastination used in those studies may not have provided information timely enough for instructor intervention. This article focuses on delay in the online environment among graduate students. We propose two new measures of delay that can be disclosed in a timely manner, enabling instructors to help students who are prone to late submissions to succeed. Date of class registration and date of initial class posting are negatively associated with final letter grades. Date of first class posting can serve to alert instructors to those with potential delay problems. The results for date of class registration are less clear.
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U2 - 10.1080/01587919.2013.770433
DO - 10.1080/01587919.2013.770433
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84878971252
VL - 34
SP - 84
EP - 96
JO - Distance Education
JF - Distance Education
SN - 0158-7919
IS - 1
ER -