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. 2022 Dec 1:13:1047027.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1047027. eCollection 2022.

College students' learning perceptions and outcomes in different classroom environments: A community of inquiry perspective

Yan Hu  1 , Jinyan Huang  2 , Fanzhe Kong  1
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College students' learning perceptions and outcomes in different classroom environments: A community of inquiry perspective

Yan Hu et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

Introduction: This study examined the significant differences in Chinese college students' learning perceptions and outcomes between the "quasi smart" and smart classrooms under the perspective of the community of inquiry (CoI) framework.

Methods: The participants were 275 freshmen students who took the "college physics" hybrid course in the spring of 2022 at a four-year university in central China. Data were collected from the CoI survey, a follow-up focus group interview with ten randomly selected student participants, and a semi-structured interview with the instructor.

Results and discussion: The results indicated that the students' perceptions of the teaching, social, and cognitive presences were significantly higher in the smart classroom than in the "quasi smart" classroom; further, students in the smart classroom achieved significantly higher course marks than those in the "quasi smart" classroom. The pros and cons of these two different classroom environments were identified by the participating students and their course instructor.

Keywords: community of inquiry (CoI) framework; learning outcomes; learning perceptions; smart classroom; “quasi smart” classroom.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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The community of inquiry (CoI) framework. Permission was granted by Garrison.
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Research design flowchart.
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