Evaluating the Impact of Online Tutoring (YourTutor): Final Report

Chweebeng Lee, Jose Hanham

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Abstract

The study described in this research report focused on variables which were posited to capture students’ experiences of the online tutoring service, YourTutor, and relationships with the students’ perceptions of their academic capabilities and academic performance. A theoretical model incorporating variables from the Technology Acceptance Model, the Theory of Planned Behavior, and Social Cognitive Theory was developed and tested. A total of 506 undergraduate students from a university located in Sydney, Australia, completed an online survey. Data were analysed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modelling (SEM). The results suggested that the perceived usefulness of YourTutor had a direct positive relationship with academic self-efficacy, and an indirect positive association with the students’ academic grades through academic self-efficacy. There was a direct positive relationship between academic self-efficacy and students’ academic grades. The implications of these results and directions for future research are discussed in this report.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationPenrith, N.S.W.
PublisherWestern Sydney University
Number of pages17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Bibliographical note

Copyright Western Sydney University 2017

Keywords

  • Internet in education
  • academic achievement
  • education\
  • educational technology
  • higher

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