Development of an instrument to measure classroom community

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 197-211

  Rovai, Alfred P ^a,b  

^a REGENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

ALN; Community; Connectedness; Learning; Persistence; Scale

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DISTANCE EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TELECONFERENCING;

ALN; COMMUNITY; CONNECTEDNESS; LEARNING; PERSISTENCE; SCALE;

INTERNET;

EID: 0041664297     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-7516(02)00102-1     Document Type: Article

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