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Participation style and social anxiety as predictors of active participation in asynchronous discussion forums and academic achievement

Learners in asynchronous discussion forums are inundated with diverse options when it comes to interaction. This enables the embodiment of various styles of participation. On the other hand, the affective domain tends to be overlooked in the online discussion context. The modeling of discussion acti...

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Autores principales: Demir, Ömer, Cinar, Murat, Keskin, Sinan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9933033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36819982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10639-022-11517-3
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description Learners in asynchronous discussion forums are inundated with diverse options when it comes to interaction. This enables the embodiment of various styles of participation. On the other hand, the affective domain tends to be overlooked in the online discussion context. The modeling of discussion activities based on both cognitive and affective indicators constitutes this study’s unique aspect. In the study, the impact of social anxiety and participation styles on active participation in discussions were investigated using three-factor social anxiety and four-factor participation style models. In addition, the impact of active participation on academic achievement was also examined. Path analysis was used to explain the predictive correlation among these indicators. Students' participation behaviors in discussions during a three-week implementation were analyzed within the scope of a course taught during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The findings showed that social anxiety and participation styles had a significant impact on active participation, which, in turn, significantly affected academic achievement. The study provides crucial inputs in portraying the characteristics of learners in such a way as to tailor online discussions to their needs.
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spelling pubmed-99330332023-02-16 Participation style and social anxiety as predictors of active participation in asynchronous discussion forums and academic achievement Demir, Ömer Cinar, Murat Keskin, Sinan Educ Inf Technol (Dordr) Article Learners in asynchronous discussion forums are inundated with diverse options when it comes to interaction. This enables the embodiment of various styles of participation. On the other hand, the affective domain tends to be overlooked in the online discussion context. The modeling of discussion activities based on both cognitive and affective indicators constitutes this study’s unique aspect. In the study, the impact of social anxiety and participation styles on active participation in discussions were investigated using three-factor social anxiety and four-factor participation style models. In addition, the impact of active participation on academic achievement was also examined. Path analysis was used to explain the predictive correlation among these indicators. Students' participation behaviors in discussions during a three-week implementation were analyzed within the scope of a course taught during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The findings showed that social anxiety and participation styles had a significant impact on active participation, which, in turn, significantly affected academic achievement. The study provides crucial inputs in portraying the characteristics of learners in such a way as to tailor online discussions to their needs. Springer US 2023-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9933033/ /pubmed/36819982 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10639-022-11517-3 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2023, Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9933033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36819982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10639-022-11517-3
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