Calling the Question: Do College Instructors Actually Grade Participation?

College Teaching

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-22

  Rogers, Susan L ^a  

^a Sullivan County Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973269360     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87567555.2012.703974     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Ahlfeldt, S., Mehta, S., and Sellnow, T., 2005. Measurement and Analysis of Student Engagement in University Classes Where Varying Levels of PBL Methods of Instruction are in Use. Higher Education Research and Development, 24 (1): 5–20.
2. Armstrong, M., and Boud, D., 1983. Assessing Participation in Discussion: An Assessment of the Issues. Studies in Higher Education, 8 (1): 33–44.
3. Bartlett, M. S., 1954. A Note on the Multiplying Factors for Various Chi Square Approximations. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, 16 (Series B): 296–8.
4. Bean, J. C., and Peterson, D., 1998. Grading Classroom Participation. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 74 (Summer): 33–40.
5. Brewer, E. W., and Burgess, D. N., 2005. Professor's Role in Motivating Students to Attend Class. Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 42 (23): 23–47.
6. Cannon, P., 2006. Enhancing Understanding and Interest Through Group Discussion. College Teaching, 54 (2): 211
7. Carini, R. M. G.D, Kuh, G. D., and Klien, S. P., 2006. Student Engagement and Student Learning: Testing the Linkages. Research in Higher Education, 47 (1): 1–32.
8. Cochran, W. G., 1954. Some Methods of Strengthening the Common Chi-Square Tests. Biometrics, 10: 417–51.
9. Chu, S., and Kim, J. H., 1999. Comparison of the Perceptions of Classroom Participation Among Asian and Non-Asian Design Students. Multicultural Education, 7 (2): 21–4.
10. Cutler, A., 2007. Creeping Passivity. Journal of College Science Teaching, 36 (6): 6–7.
11. Dallimore, E. J., Hertenstein, J. H., and Platt, M. B., 2004. Classroom Participation and Discussion Effectiveness: Student-Generated Strategies. Communication Education, 53 (1): 103–15.
12. Dillman, D. A., 1983. “ Mail and Other Self-Administered Questionnaires ”. In Handbook of Survey Research, Edited by: Rossi, P. H., Wright, J. D., and Anderson, A. B., 359–77. New York: Academic Press.
13. Dillman, D. A., 1991. The Design and Administration of a Mail Survey. Annual Review of Sociology, 17: 225–49
14. Dillman, D. A., 1999. Mail and Internet Surveys–The Tailored Design Method, 2nd Ed. New York: John Wiley and Sons
15. Dillman, D. A., and Bowker, D. K., 2001. “ The Web Questionnaire Challenge to Survey Methodologists ”. In Dimensions of Internet Science, Edited by: Reips, U. D., and Bosnjak, M., 78–159. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.
16. Fassinger, P. A., 2000. How Classes Influence Students’ Participation in College Students. Journal of Classroom Interaction, 35 (2): 38–47.
17. Fritschner, L. M., 2000. Inside the Undergraduate College Classroom: Faculty and Students Differ on the Meaning of Student Participation. The Journal of Higher Education, 71 (3): 342–62.
18. Handelsman, M. M., Briggs, W. L., Sullivan, N., and Towler, A., 2005. A Measure of College Student Course Engagement. Journal of Educational Research, 98 (3): 184–91.
19. Howard, J. R., 2002. Do College Students Participate More in Discussion in Traditional Delivery Courses or in Interactive Telecourses? A Preliminary Comparison. The Journal of Higher Education, 73 (6): 764–80.
20. Howard, J. R., and Henney, A. L., 1998. Student Participation and Instructor Gender in the Mixed-Age College Classroom. Journal of Higher Education, 69: 384–405.
21. Jacobs, L. C., and Chase, C. I., 1992. Developing and Using Tests Effectively: A Guide for Faculty. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
22. Jones, R. C., 2008. The ‘Why’ of Class Participation: A Question Worth Asking. College Teaching, 56 (1): 59–62.
23. Kaiser, H., 1970. A Second Generation Little Jiffy. Psychometrika, 35: 401–15.
24. Kaiser, H., 1974. An Index of Factorial Simplicity. Psychometrika, 39: 31–6.
25. Karp, D. A., and Yoels, W. C., 1976. The College Classroom: Some Observations on the Meanings of Student Participation. Sociology and Social Research, 60 (4): 421–39.
26. Mayer, R. E., 2009. “ Constructivism as a Theory of Learning Versus Constructivism as a Prescription for Instruction ”. In Constructivist Instruction: Success or Failure?, Edited by: Tobias, S., and Duffy, T. M., 184–200. New York, NY: Routledge.
27. Petress, K., 2006. An Operational Definition of Class Participation. College Student Journal, 40 (4): 821–23.
28. Ritter, L. A., and Sue, V. M., 2007. Questions for Online Surveys. New Directions for Evaluation, 2007: 29–36. doi: 10.1002/ev.233
29. Robinson, C. F., and Kakela, P. J., 2006. Creating a Space to Learn: A Classroom of Fun, Interaction, and Trust. College Teaching, 54 (1): 202–6.
30. Rocca, K. A., 2010. Student Participation in the College Classroom: An Extended Multidisciplinary Literature Review. Communication Education, 59 (2): 185–213.
31. Roehling, P., Vander Kooi, T., Dykema, S., Quisenberry, B., and Vandlen, C., 2011. Engaging the Millennial Generation in Class Discussions. College Teaching, 59 (1): 1–6.
32. Rogers, S. L., 2011. Grading Participation in College Courses: Instructor Attitudes and Practices.” State University of New York at Albany. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. http://search.proquest.com/docview/867273559?accountid=14166
33. Sadker, M., and Sadker, D., 1994. Failing at Fairness: How America's Schools Cheat Girls, New York, NY: Scribner.
34. Sidelinger, R. J., 2008. Does Student Passivity Exist? The Impact of the Student and Instructor on Involvement in and Outside of the College Classroom. West Virginia University. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. http://search.proquest.com/docview/304447832?accountid = 14166
35. Sue, V. M., and Ritter, L. A., 2007. Conducting Online Surveys, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
36. Tabachnick, B. G., and Fidell, L. S., 1996. Using Multivariate Statistics, 3rd ed., New York: Harper Collins College Publishers.
37. Thurstone, L. L., 1947. Multiple Factor Analysis, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
38. Weaver, R. R., and Qi, J., 2005. Classroom Organization and Participation: College Students’ Perceptions. The Journal of Higher Education, 76 (5): 570–601.