ERIC Number: EJ1465212
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1469-7874
EISSN: EISSN-1741-2625
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Constructivist Learning Environments: Validating the Community of Inquiry Survey for Face-to-Face Contexts
Jati Ariati; Thomas Pham; Jane S. Vogler
Active Learning in Higher Education, v26 n1 p41-57 2025
Serving as a prominent framework for online learning, the Community of Inquiry (CoI), identifies three factors critical to learning in online environments: teaching presence, cognitive presence, and social presence. However, application of the CoI framework to face-to-face classes has not been broadly or systematically explored, despite constructivist paradigms (e.g. flipped classrooms, team-based learning) being increasingly incorporated at the post-secondary level. Further, there remains some debate on whether such constructivist environments adequately support learning, with studies on their effectiveness revealing mixed results, as have studies comparing face-to-face and online learning contexts. A tool that measures students' perceptions of constructivist learning environments could help address such inconsistencies. The purpose of this study was to validate the CoI scale, a measure developed for online contexts, for use in face-to-face contexts. Undergraduates (n = 282) enrolled in face-to-face classes incorporating team-based learning completed the 34-item CoI scale. Confirmatory Factor Analysis validated the original three-factor structure for face-to-face classes has acceptable fit, suggesting this tool measures teaching, cognitive, and social presences in face-to-face courses. Further suggestions for how this measure might be used for the purposes of research and instructional feedback are included.
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Environment, In Person Learning, Context Effect, Inquiry, Communities of Practice, Undergraduate Students, Teacher Attendance, Student Attitudes, Cooperative Learning, Teamwork, Intermode Differences, Cognitive Processes, Interpersonal Relationship
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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