Classroom Community Scale (Rovai)
EducationReliability: alpha 0.933 sample items
About this scale
A 20-item measure of classroom sense of community across two factors: connectedness and learning. Used widely in distance and online education research.
Sample item(s)
“I feel that students in this course care about each other (connectedness)”
“I feel confident that others will support me (connectedness)”
“I feel that this course results in only modest learning (learning, reverse)”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.93. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Free for academic use.
Source & citation
Rovai, A. P. (2002): Development of an instrument to measure classroom community. Internet and Higher Education, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 197–211.
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