Abstract
For some students enrolled in online courses, receiving tutoring may be a key component to their success. This study sought to determine if the use of an outsourced online tutoring service (OOTS) was associated with course success in online English Composition courses. The authors employed chi-square tests to analyze the relationship between tutoring usage and final grades for students in two different composition courses, English Composition I (n = 888) and English Composition II (n = 1108). The results indicate that in both courses, students who utilized the OOTS passed the course at higher rates than those who did not. For students who utilized the service at least once, 95% passed English Composition I, compared with a 57% passing rate of students who did not utilize the service. Results for English Composition II were similar with 89% of OOTS users passing the course, compared with a 58% passing rate of non-users. This research supports and discusses the importance of online tutoring for students.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 743-749 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | TechTrends |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2021 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- Education
- Computer Science Applications
Keywords
- Composition courses
- Online courses
- Online tutoring