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Academic Motivation in Online and Traditional Community College Students

Beerline, Nora
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9573-3108
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1582026665119838

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2020, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toledo, Curriculum and Instruction: Educational Technology.
This study compared the effects of academic motivation on traditional and online community college students. Online enrollment continues to increase, especially in public colleges and universities. Academic success in online courses, however, continues to lag behind academic success in face-to-face courses, especially for community college students. Previous studies have indicated that online students tend to have higher levels of intrinsic motivation, but these studies focused on university students. This study extends that research by examining the effects of motivation on community college students. The Academic Motivation Survey was used to collect data from 398 community college students at a Midwestern community college. A MANOVA analysis revealed that online community college students do have higher levels of intrinsic motivation than their face-to-face counterparts, but the difference between the two groups is not as wide as the difference in intrinsic motivation between online and face-to-face university students. Motivational differences were also found between College Credit Plus students and the traditional community college students, as well as significant differences between age groups and males and females. Community college students were also found to have significantly lower levels of intrinsic motivation than university students. Implications for instructional design for community college students are discussed.
Berhane Teclehaimanot (Committee Chair)
John Fallon (Committee Member)
Tony Sanchez (Committee Member)
Andrea Faber (Committee Member)
122 p.
Adult Education; Community College Education; Community Colleges; Education; Educational Psychology; Educational Technology; Instructional Design; Teaching
academic motivation; self-determination theory; distance learning; community college students; dual enrollment; instructional design

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  • Beerline, N. (2020). Academic Motivation in Online and Traditional Community College Students [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1582026665119838

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Beerline, Nora. Academic Motivation in Online and Traditional Community College Students. 2020. University of Toledo, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1582026665119838.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Beerline, Nora. "Academic Motivation in Online and Traditional Community College Students." Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1582026665119838

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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