Course Organization, Faculty-Student Interaction, and Student Involvement and Their Influence to Students' Course Outcomes
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Course organization, student involvement, course outcomes, student development theory, higher education, faculty-student interaction
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The purpose of the study is to investigate the influence of course organization, faculty- student interaction, and student involvement in course outcomes at university level. A correlational research design, a structured questionnaire, and a random cluster sample of the students (N=371) were used in the study. The study showed a significant difference somewhere among the mean scores of the course outcomes for the four groups of course organization. It also found a significant difference somewhere among the mean scores of the course outcomes for the five groups of faculty-student interaction, as well as a significant difference somewhere among the mean scores of the course outcomes for the five groups of student involvement. At the same time, the study showed that 32.6% of the variance in course outcomes is explained by course organization, 16.6% of the variance is explained by faculty-student interaction, and 28.4% of the variance is explained by student involvement. The findings of this study enhanced Astin’ s theory of student development, as course organization, faculty-student interaction, and student involvement are important variables that predict course outcomes.
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Nazmi Xhomara, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nazmi Xhomara Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Information Technology and Innovation, Luarasi University, Tirana, Albania.
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