Factors influencing classroom participation: a case study of Malaysian undergraduate students

Despite the importance often assigned to participation in classroom, it has been repeatedly reported that most students remain passive in class. This study aims to document influencing factors that shape undergraduate students’ participation in Malaysian classrooms. Interviews and observations we...

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Main Authors:	Mustapha, Siti Maziha, Nik Abdul Rahman , Nik Suryani, Mohd Yunus, Melor
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2010
Subjects:	LB2300 Higher Education
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spelling	iium-166102012-02-17T07:44:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/16610/ Factors influencing classroom participation: a case study of Malaysian undergraduate students Mustapha, Siti Maziha Nik Abdul Rahman , Nik Suryani Mohd Yunus, Melor LB2300 Higher Education Despite the importance often assigned to participation in classroom, it has been repeatedly reported that most students remain passive in class. This study aims to document influencing factors that shape undergraduate students’ participation in Malaysian classrooms. Interviews and observations were carried out. 85 students from two communication classes were observed over the period of two semesters (28 weeks). Most of the participants fell between the age of 18-19 years old (65.8%) and 66.7% of the participants were female while 33.3% were male. 25 students from the two classes were interviewed. The results strongly endorse that lecturer traits and classmate traits play significant roles in promoting student participation. Recommendations are offered to educators in formulating future teaching strategies that promote students’ participation in the context of higher learning Elsevier 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/16610/1/Factors_influencing_classroom_participation.pdf Mustapha, Siti Maziha and Nik Abdul Rahman , Nik Suryani and Mohd Yunus, Melor (2010) Factors influencing classroom participation: a case study of Malaysian undergraduate students. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 9. pp. 1079-1084. ISSN 1877-0428 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042810023943
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description	Despite the importance often assigned to participation in classroom, it has been repeatedly reported that most students remain passive in class. This study aims to document influencing factors that shape undergraduate students’ participation in Malaysian classrooms. Interviews and observations were carried out. 85 students from two communication classes were observed over the period of two semesters (28 weeks). Most of the participants fell between the age of 18-19 years old (65.8%) and 66.7% of the participants were female while 33.3% were male. 25 students from the two classes were interviewed. The results strongly endorse that lecturer traits and classmate traits play significant roles in promoting student participation. Recommendations are offered to educators in formulating future teaching strategies that promote students’ participation in the context of higher learning
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author	Mustapha, Siti Maziha Nik Abdul Rahman , Nik Suryani Mohd Yunus, Melor
author_facet	Mustapha, Siti Maziha Nik Abdul Rahman , Nik Suryani Mohd Yunus, Melor
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title	Factors influencing classroom participation: a case study of Malaysian undergraduate students
title_short	Factors influencing classroom participation: a case study of Malaysian undergraduate students
title_full	Factors influencing classroom participation: a case study of Malaysian undergraduate students
title_fullStr	Factors influencing classroom participation: a case study of Malaysian undergraduate students
title_full_unstemmed	Factors influencing classroom participation: a case study of Malaysian undergraduate students
title_sort	factors influencing classroom participation: a case study of malaysian undergraduate students
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2010
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Factors influencing classroom participation: a case study of Malaysian undergraduate students

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