The major objective of the study reported here is to identify and rank in terms of relative importance selected principles and their means for achieving an effective online education. Research steps employed include (1) conducting a review of relevant literature reporting success as well as challenges online course delivery has been experiencing in the higher education; (2) developing a list of the major principles for online learning (efficacy, student empowerment, and academic integrity) as well as means relevant to achievement of each of those principles based on a review of literature; (3) selecting a sample of faculty members and supporting professional staff involved in online teaching at six university campuses selected through a chain referral technique; (4) interviewing respondents in our sample by using Delphi procedures in two rounds for ranking principles and means; and (5) analyzing data and subjecting them for their reliability and validity implications. The study finds strong academic support in matters of efficacy and student empowerment for online teaching, and identifies some concerns or challenges respondents perceive for achieving and maintaining an adequate integrity of online courses.
The article is aimed at a clarification and psychometric treatment of the concept of assertiveness in marital relationships among Asian Indians in the United States by reporting a study that attempted to operationally define the concept of assertiveness through indicators grouped under courage, authenticity, and autonomy. The study was conducted in two phases. The first phase focused on identifying a scale of assertiveness consisting of items under the three indicators through a review of selected literature and having them evaluated and ranked by a set of judges who were knowledgeable in the field. The scale was then empirically tested during the second phase in a setting consisting of Asian Indian couples to check its reliability and validity. The study provided a meaningful understanding of how couples in a cross-cultural context express assertiveness in various ways. The study has implications for marriage and family counseling and for future research on assertiveness.
The obiective of this paper is to identify h e conceptual framework and mklhodological prdcedures used for developing, administering, and testing a scale to operationalize lhe adiuslment of single mohers to parenting. Three arias of adjustment (conformity, satisfaction, and commitmcnt) are delineated as sub-scales. The i aper describes how items in the sub-scales were initially selected, ow the scale was administered to divorced and separated mothers on b e e college campuses, and how the sub-scales were modified and tested for reliability. Selected interpretations and implications of data are presented.
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