
Minority Students' Needs for Social Interaction online
How these needs are served by the communication functions of U.S. higher education distance learning courses and programs
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This study examined the relationship of factorsrelating to students' perceptions of their need forsocial interaction in online classes and the extentto which the communication functions of onlineclasses met those perceived needs. The studyexamined Hispanic and non-Hispanic community collegestudents from one community college and Hispanic andnon-Hispanic university doctoral students from onestate university. The outcome measures were need forsocial interaction and the degree to which thecommunication functions of online courses met theneed. A statistically significant difference wasfound in lev...
This study examined the relationship of factorsrelating to students' perceptions of their need forsocial interaction in online classes and the extentto which the communication functions of onlineclasses met those perceived needs. The studyexamined Hispanic and non-Hispanic community collegestudents from one community college and Hispanic andnon-Hispanic university doctoral students from onestate university. The outcome measures were need forsocial interaction and the degree to which thecommunication functions of online courses met theneed. A statistically significant difference wasfound in level of institution and students'perceived need for social interaction in onlineclasses. University students perceived a higherneed for social interaction. No statisticallysignificant difference was found in Hispanic and non-Hispanic students need for social interaction inonline classes. No statistically significantdifferences were found in level of institution orethnicity regarding students' perceptions that thecommunication functions of online classes met theperceived needs.