Publication: The effect of student opinions about course content on student engagement and achievement in computer literacy courses
Date
2010
Authors
Öncü, Semiral
Şengel, Erhan
Authors
Uzunboylu, H.
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Elsevier
Abstract
The study investigates whether student opinions about course content relate to achievement and how their opinions characterize them about engagement with coursework in computer literacy classes. 212 undergraduate students' achievement, opinions about course content, and engagement with coursework were identified in fall 2007. Students were asked to list the topics they found beneficial and unbeneficial. According to the results, students who found the least favorite topic unbeneficial were less successful. Students with different opinions about the content had different engagement characteristics, too. Findings are a call for more careful consideration of student opinions for improved overall success in school.
Description
Bu çalışma, 04-08 Şubat 2010 tarihleri arasında İstanbul[Türkiye]’da düzenlenen 2. World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES-2010)’da bildiri olarak sunulmuştur.
Keywords
Course content preferences, Motivation, Prior knowledge, Student engagement, Computer literacy, Achievement, Education & educational research
Citation
Öncü, S. ve Şengel, E. (2010). "The effect of student opinions about course content on student engagement and achievement in computer literacy courses". ed. H. Uzunboylu. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, Innovation and Creativity in Education 2(2), 2264-2268.