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A Simple Suggestion for Reducing First-time Online Student Anxiety

This is a case study of a best-practice suggestion for addressing anxiety among first-time online students. This is a significant problem with many students new to online classes and one that benefits from early intervention. A simple devise for alleviating first-time online student anxiety is presented. Through the use of a Check-in Quiz, first-time online students can be taken on a tour of the class website without the fear and anxiety that...

Keywords:: attributes of effective Check-in Quizzes, novel uses of fill-in the blank questions, online anxiety, first-time online student fears, Check-in Quiz

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Material Type:: Open (Access) Journal-Article
Date Added to MERLOT:: August 3, 2015
Date Modified in MERLOT:: August 17, 2020
Author:: David St. Clair, California State University, East Bay
Submitter:: Naomi Otieno
Primary Audience:: College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:: PDF

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Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States