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Social-Emotional Climate in the Community College Classroom: An Action Research Study Investigating the Impact of Real-Time Student Feedback to Instructors

Quitadamo, Angela E.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2156-242X
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1601131113860628

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2020, Ph.D., Antioch University, Leadership and Change.
Community college students often have obligations outside the classroom (supporting dependents or working part-or full-time jobs), preventing them from participating in extracurricular activities and fulfilling their social-emotional needs on campus. As a result, they rely heavily on classroom interactions with their instructors to gain a sense of belonging and motivation necessary for optimal cognitive growth. This action research study was conducted at a rural community college in New England to learn if an informal feedback tool, given to students, could provide real-time data to instructors to enhance the social-emotional classroom environment. An inquiry group (IG) comprised of the researcher and instructors met four times over the course of a semester. The IG reflected on the student data, spoke in-depth about their reactions to the data, offered feedback about the assessment, and discussed the changes they would make in response to the real-time, course-level data in their courses. Thematic analysis was utilized to analyze and interpret the qualitative data from the inquiry group and student assessments. Four themes rose to prominence: True Feelings, Engaging Students, Instructor Approachability, and Remote Learning. At the close of the study instructors completed a summative evaluation and met again to review the synthesized data. This study showed how a more reflective and transformational view of classroom assessment with a focus on engagement benefited students and instructors. This dissertation is available in open access at AURA: Antioch University Repository and Archive, http://aura.antioch.edu/and OhioLINK ETD Center, https://etd.ohiolink.edu/.
Mitchell Kusy, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Elizabeth Holloway, Ph.D. ABPP (Committee Member)
Laura Morgan Roberts, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
182 p.
Community College Education; Educational Evaluation; Teaching
social-emotional climate; thematic analysis; action research; community college; real-time feedback; informal assessment; instructor engagement

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  • Quitadamo, A. E. (2020). Social-Emotional Climate in the Community College Classroom: An Action Research Study Investigating the Impact of Real-Time Student Feedback to Instructors [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1601131113860628

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Quitadamo, Angela. Social-Emotional Climate in the Community College Classroom: An Action Research Study Investigating the Impact of Real-Time Student Feedback to Instructors. 2020. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1601131113860628.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Quitadamo, Angela. "Social-Emotional Climate in the Community College Classroom: An Action Research Study Investigating the Impact of Real-Time Student Feedback to Instructors." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1601131113860628

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