Walden University ScholarWorks Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection 2019 Strategies for Improving Student Performance in an Online Introductory Computer Course Sharon C. Little Walden University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations Part of the Education Commons This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection at ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Walden University College of Education This is to certify that the doctoral study by Sharon Little has been found to be complete and satisfactory in all respects, and that any and all revisions required by the review committee have been made. Review Committee Dr. Robert Hogan, Committee Chairperson, Education Faculty Dr. Jennifer McLean, Committee Member, Education Faculty Dr. Kelly Hall, University Reviewer, Education Faculty The Office of the Provost Walden University 2019 Abstract Strategies for Improving Student Performance in an Online Introductory Computer Course by Sharon Little MA, Nova University, 1990 BS, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University, 1981 Doctoral Proposal Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education Walden University August 2019 Abstract The failure rate for students enrolled in the online sections of a gateway course, Introduction to Computers , was 15% higher than for students enrolled in the face-to-face sections at a rural community college in the southeastern United States. The computer course is required by all of the college’s programs of study to obtain an associate degree.