An Analysis of the Effect of Distance Learning on Student Self-Efficacy of Junior High School Spanish Students.

Prior to the development of interactive television, schools that were either geographically isolated or financially restricted were often unable to provide courses that may have been essential for students. Interactive television has helped such school districts provide appropriate courses for their students. Because student self-efficacy is a significant indicator of student success, the relationship between distance learning and students' self-efficacy requires research. The problem of the study was to examine the impact of site location in a distance learning environment on student self-efficacy in Spanish instruction. The participants in this study were junior high school students enrolled in distance-learning Spanish classes at two junior high schools in a north central Texas independent school district. All of the students were taught by the same instructor. The age range of the students was from 11 to 14 years of age, and all students were in either the seventh or the eighth grade. Students took a modified version of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire at the end of each treatment. Using the counterbalanced design, each subject was matched to themselves. T-tests for nonindependent samples were used to compare the two treatments. The findings indicate that there is no significant difference in the level of student self-efficacy by site location. The findings in this study support the use of distance learning as a medium for Spanish instruction at the junior high school level. Because of the strong statistical relationship between self-efficacy and student performance, teachers and administrators can reasonably believe that site location will not hamper their students' success.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2004

Author dc:creator

• Vroonland, David W.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hudson, Johnetta
• Laney, James
• Simpson, Grant

• Distance education.
• Videoconferencing.
• Spanish language -- Study and teaching.
• Junior high school students.
• Spanish instruction
• interactive television
• distance learning
• self-efficacy
• junior high school

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Vroonland, David W.
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 56828888
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