College Student Ratings of Student Academic Support: Frequency, Importance, and Modes of Communication

• In Event: Students' Perceptions of the Development of Supportive and Civil Classroom Climates

Abstract

This study advances the Student Academic Support Scale (SASS) as a method of assessing the frequency, importance, and mode of communicating academic support among students. Phase one details scale development procedures, presents the results of factor analysis, and advances the SASS. Phase two examines the frequency and importance of specific supportive behaviors and explores the modes commonly used by students to communicate academic support. Implications for teachers, scholars, and university administrators are discussed.

Authors

• Blair C. Thompson, Western Kentucky University

• Joseph Mazer, Ohio University