Student ratings of the importance of survey items, multiplicative factor analysis, and the validity of the community of inquiry survey

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 22-30

  Díaz, Sebastián R ^a   Swan, Karen ^b   Ice, Philip ^c   Kupczynski, Lori ^d  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

^c AMERICAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive presence; Community of Inquiry; Factor analysis; Online learning; Social presence; Teaching presence

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE PRESENCE; COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; ONLINE LEARNING; SOCIAL PRESENCE; TEACHING PRESENCE;

SURVEYS;

TEACHING;

EID: 76549097082     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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