Online or Face-to-Face: Do Mission-Related Student Learning Outcomes Differ?
This study investigated how an authentic assessment program was used to examine student learning outcomes within the context of a Christian university's institutional mission, core values, and distinctive qualities. For the purposes of this study, an authentic assessment program is defined as a...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2019]
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Christian higher education
Year: 2019, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 177-187 |
RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CB Christian life; spirituality CF Christianity and Science |
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Summary: | This study investigated how an authentic assessment program was used to examine student learning outcomes within the context of a Christian university's institutional mission, core values, and distinctive qualities. For the purposes of this study, an authentic assessment program is defined as assessing student-produced work within the context of the institutional mission. A sample of 1,814 undergraduate students taking one or more general education courses at the university during the 2007-2009 academic years was examined for any significant differences in student learning outcomes. A univariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) indicated the Student Assessment System (SAS) scores for the online students were not significantly different from the SAS scores for the face-to-face (F2F) students after controlling for course grade. These results suggest that online students achieved the same critical mission-related educational outcomes that the university required of its F2F students. An implication of this finding is that the university just as effectively articulated its faith-based mission and vision to the online students as it did to its students taking classes F2F. |
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ISSN: | 1539-4107 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Christian higher education
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/15363759.2018.1460882 |