The effects of undergraduate nursing student–faculty interaction outside the classroom on college grade point average

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• 作者：Mahmoud Al-Hussami^a ; ^{m.alhussami@ju.edu.jo"" rel=""nofollow} ; Mohammad Y.N. Saleh^a ; ² ; ^{m.saleh@ju.edu.jo"" rel=""nofollow} ; Ferial Hayajneh^a ; ¹ ; ^{drferial@yahoo.com"" rel=""nofollow} ; Raghed Hussein Abdalkader^b ; ^{raghadabdlkader@yahoo.com"" rel=""nofollow} ; Alia I. Mahadeen^b ; ^{mahadeenalia@yahoo.com"" rel=""nofollow}
• 关键词：Undergraduate students ; Student– ; faculty interaction ; Outside classroom ; Grade point average
• 刊名：Nurse Education in Practice
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：September 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：11
• 期：5
• 页码：320-326
• 全文大小：225 K

文摘

Background

The effects of student–faculty interactions in higher education have received considerable empirical attention. However, there has been no empirical study that has examined the relation between student–faculty interaction and college grade point average.

Purpose

This is aimed at identifying the effect of nursing student–faculty interaction outside the classroom on students’ semester college grade point average at a public university in Jordan.

Methods

The research was cross-sectional study of the effect of student–faculty interaction outside the classroom on the students’ semester college grade point average of participating juniors and seniors.

Results

Total interaction of the students was crucial as it is extremely significant (t = 16.2, df = 271, P ≤ 0.001) in relation to students’ academic scores between those students who had ≥70 and those who had <70 academic scores. However, gender differences between students, and other variables were not significant either to affect students’ academic scores or students’ interaction.

Conclusion

This study provides some evidence that student–faculty interactions outside classrooms are significantly associated with student’s academically achievements.