You Can Lead a Horse to Water: Efficacy of and Students' Perceptions of an Online Textbook Support Site

Autor/inn/en	Van Camp, Debbie; Baugh, Stacey-Ann
Titel	You Can Lead a Horse to Water: Efficacy of and Students' Perceptions of an Online Textbook Support Site
Quelle	In: Teaching of Psychology, 41 (2014) 3, S.228-232 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0098-6283
DOI	10.1177/0098628314537987
Schlagwörter	Textbooks; Psychology; Student Attitudes; College Students; Resources; Grades (Scholastic); Improvement; Criteria; Females; Hispanic American Students; African American Students; Grade Point Average; Student Surveys; Web Sites; District of Columbia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Psychologie; Schülerverhalten; Collegestudent; Betriebsmittel; Hilfsmittel; Notenspiegel; Qualitätssteigerung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Schülerbefragung; Web-Design
Abstract	An increasing number of publishers offer online companion websites that students pay to access with the expectation that using these will significantly increase their grade. This research assessed the students' attitudes toward and the efficacy of components of MyPsychLab, a companion site for Introduction to Psychology. Students reported liking MyPsychLab and felt it helped their grades. Composite data across three semesters and three professors suggest that use of MyPsychLab is associated with better grades for individual students. However, making its use a course requirement did not improve the overall class grade or passing rate. Whether it was optional or required, not all students used MyPsychLab, suggesting a need to improve students' use of available and beneficial resources. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10