Abstract
The purpose of this study is to gain a better insight into the reasons that make Qatar University students reluctant to attend professors’ office hours. Factor analysis was first conducted to reveal the components underlying this reluctance; Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was then employed to analyze the effects of gender, GPA, credit hours completed, year of enrollment, and college/major on those factors. Results indicated that professor's competence and demeanor, course characteristics, students' social skills, attitudes/motivation, time conflict/communication style, students' apprehension as well as their physical/emotional state were all related to their reluctance to attend office hours. Moreover the predictor variables of gender, GPA, and credit hours completed had significant effects on several of those seven reluctance factors.
Citation
Semmar, Y. (2009), "A Cross-Cultural, Exploratory Study of Students' Reluctance to Attend Office Hours", Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives, Vol. 6 No. 1, pp. 18-29. https://doi.org/10.18538/lthe.v6.n1.02
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2009 Yassir Semmar
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