Self-efficacy, Motivational Email, and Achievement in an Asynchronous Mathematics Course

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dc.contributor.authorHodges, Charles B.en
dc.contributor.committeechairCennamo, Katherine S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberAbraham, Jane L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBurton, John K.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHannsgen, Kenneth B.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLockee, Barbara B.en
dc.contributor.departmentLearning Sciences and Technologiesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:19:20Zen
dc.date.adate2005-12-01en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:19:20Zen
dc.date.issued2005-11-28en
dc.date.rdate2005-12-01en
dc.date.sdate2005-11-29en
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the effects of motivational email messages on learner self-efficacy and achievement in an asynchronous college algebra and trigonometry course. A pretest-posttest control group design was used. Of the 196 initial participants randomly assigned to treatment groups, 125 participants with an average age of 18.21 years completed the study. The final control and experimental groups consisted of 57 (n=17 male, n=40 female) and 68 (n=14 male, n=54 female) participants respectively. Self-efficacy to learn mathematics asynchronously (SELMA) was measured before the treatment was administered. Email messages designed to be efficacy enhancing were sent to the experimental group weekly for 4 weeks. The control group was sent email messages designed to be neutral with respect to self-efficacy weekly for 4 weeks. SELMA and math achievement were measured after the email messages were sent in week 4. Analysis of covariance was performed using the pretest SELMA measure as a covariate to detect post-treatment differences in SELMA between the control and experimental groups. No significant differences were detected at the 0.05 alpha level. Paired-sample t-Tests revealed significant increases in SELMA for both the control and experimental groups over the treatment period. Linear regression analysis revealed a weak positive relationship between SELMA and math achievement. The findings are discussed in the context of the related literature and directions for future research are suggested.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-11292005-222745en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11292005-222745/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/29784en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.hasparthodgesDissertation.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSelf-efficacyen
dc.subjectmotivational emailen
dc.subjectmath achievementen
dc.subjectasynchronous math courseen
dc.titleSelf-efficacy, Motivational Email, and Achievement in an Asynchronous Mathematics Courseen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineCurriculum and Instruction (Instructional Design and Technology)en
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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