The development, validation, and application of the Doctoral Student Connectedness Scale Export

@article{citeulike:5470819, abstract = {Student attrition from distance and limited-residency doctoral programs is significantly higher than that from traditional programs. The focus of this paper is the development and application of a survey instrument, the Doctoral Student Connectedness Scale , designed to identify students at risk of dropout. The study focused exclusively on students currently working on their dissertations with results indicating that low feelings of student-to-student and student-to-faculty connectedness in the learning environment may be predictive of departure from the program. This study supports the work of Lovitts (2001) and others who have also recognized connectedness as an integral part of the dissertation experience. Recommendations are made for addressing these issues through various initiatives that administrators, faculty, and students can support including the design and development of a doctoral student community of practice (CoP).}, author = {Terrell, Steven R. and Snyder, Martha M. and Dringus, Laurie P.}, citeulike-article-id = {5470819}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2009.06.004}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1096751609000244}, day = {21}, doi = {10.1016/j.iheduc.2009.06.004}, issn = {10967516}, journal = {The Internet and Higher Education}, keywords = {connectednes, doctoral}, month = {June}, number = {2}, pages = {112--116}, posted-at = {2009-11-02 10:56:38}, priority = {2}, title = {The development, validation, and application of the Doctoral Student Connectedness Scale}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2009.06.004}, volume = {12}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5470819 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5470819 N2 - Student attrition from distance and limited-residency doctoral programs is significantly higher than that from traditional programs. The focus of this paper is the development and application of a survey instrument, the Doctoral Student Connectedness Scale , designed to identify students at risk of dropout. The study focused exclusively on students currently working on their dissertations with results indicating that low feelings of student-to-student and student-to-faculty connectedness in the learning environment may be predictive of departure from the program. This study supports the work of Lovitts (2001) and others who have also recognized connectedness as an integral part of the dissertation experience. Recommendations are made for addressing these issues through various initiatives that administrators, faculty, and students can support including the design and development of a doctoral student community of practice (CoP). IS - 2 JF - The Internet and Higher Education SN - 10967516 EP - 116 TI - The development, validation, and application of the Doctoral Student Connectedness Scale VL - 12 SP - 112 KW - connectednes KW - doctoral AU - Terrell, Steven AU - Snyder, Martha AU - Dringus, Laurie PY - 2009/06/21/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2009.06.004 ER -