Validity and Reliability of a Rubric for Assessing and Stimulating Quality in Effective Online Threaded Discussions Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:5279671, abstract = {This study tests the validity and reliability of a rubric created to assess quality in online threaded discussions. The participants in this study consist of faculty members: experts with extensive experience with online threaded discussions and operant users with varying experience levels. Using the Delphi method, experts evaluate and develop the construct validity of the rubric. Operant users, randomly assigned to the experimental or control group, apply the rubric to samples of online threaded discussions. Members of the experimental group receive a rubric training sequence prior to using the tool. Correlational, multiple regression, and generalized linear modeling analysis is used to analyze test-retest reliability, inter-rater reliability, and the impact of external rater factors on reliability. The outcome of this study is a tool that can be used by instructors to evaluate the quality of student contributions to threaded discussions consistently and objectively. }, address = {Charleston, SC, USA}, author = {Hale, Jessica and Anderson, David}, booktitle = {Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2009}, citeulike-article-id = {5279671}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://go.editlib.org/p/30561}, editor = {Crawford, Caroline and Willis, Dee A. and Carlsen, Roger and Gibson, Ian and Mcferrin, Karen and Price, Jerry and Weber, Roberta}, keywords = {assessment, discussion\_forums, discussions, methodology, rubrics}, month = {March}, pages = {51--52}, posted-at = {2009-07-27 10:20:44}, priority = {2}, publisher = {AACE}, title = {Validity and Reliability of a Rubric for Assessing and Stimulating Quality in Effective Online Threaded Discussions}, url = {http://go.editlib.org/p/30561}, year = {2009} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:5279671 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5279671 N2 - This study tests the validity and reliability of a rubric created to assess quality in online threaded discussions. The participants in this study consist of faculty members: experts with extensive experience with online threaded discussions and operant users with varying experience levels. Using the Delphi method, experts evaluate and develop the construct validity of the rubric. Operant users, randomly assigned to the experimental or control group, apply the rubric to samples of online threaded discussions. Members of the experimental group receive a rubric training sequence prior to using the tool. Correlational, multiple regression, and generalized linear modeling analysis is used to analyze test-retest reliability, inter-rater reliability, and the impact of external rater factors on reliability. The outcome of this study is a tool that can be used by instructors to evaluate the quality of student contributions to threaded discussions consistently and objectively. AD - Charleston, SC, USA EP - 52 TI - Validity and Reliability of a Rubric for Assessing and Stimulating Quality in Effective Online Threaded Discussions PB - AACE T2 - Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2009 SP - 51 KW - assessment KW - discussion_forums KW - discussions KW - methodology KW - rubrics AU - Hale, Jessica AU - Anderson, David A2 - Crawford, Caroline A2 - Willis, Dee A2 - Carlsen, Roger A2 - Gibson, Ian A2 - Mcferrin, Karen A2 - Price, Jerry A2 - Weber, Roberta PY - 2009/March// UR - http://go.editlib.org/p/30561 ER -