scholarly journals A Quantitative Analysis Of Methods Used For Avoidance And Acceleration Of Developmental Mathematics Sequences In Community College

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Todd Travers
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Developmental Mathematics

Developmental Mathematics: Students’ Predicted Outcome Value of Electronic Communication

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Developmental Mathematics ◽  
Electronic Communication ◽  
Mathematics Students ◽  
Electronic Communications ◽  
Immediacy Behaviors ◽  
Instructor Immediacy ◽  
Developmental Mathematics Students ◽  
Predicted Outcome Value ◽  
Suppressor Variable

This study investigated the predicted outcome value of electronic communication from the viewpoint of developmental mathematics students. Students at a large Texas community college completed a combination of instruments that were administered in three prior studies. Three reasons for using electronic communication that were included in this study were procedural/clarification, personal/social, and efficiency. Results indicated that (a) student-initiated electronic communications conversations were correlated with students’ predicted outcome value of electronic communications; (b) instructor immediacy behaviors via electronic measures was correlated with students’ reasons for electronic communication; (c) instructor immediacy of electronic communication and the reasons for communicating explained 34.3% of the variance in students’ predicted outcome value of electronic communication; (d) procedural/clarification reasons was the largest predictor of predicted outcome value; and (e) the β weight and structure coefficient suggested that personal/social reasons was a possible suppressor. Keywords: developmental mathematics, electronic communication, predicted outcome value, regression, suppressor variable

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