Structural Relationship of Faculty-Student Interaction and Faculty’s Active Teaching Method with Students’ Competencies development by Mediating the Knowledge Acquisition

Abstract

The aim of this study, was to investigate the structural relationship of faculty-student interaction and faculty’s active teaching method with students’ competencies development by mediating the knowledge acquisition among the students of Semnan University. The present study was an applied research on the basis of purpose and was a type of descriptive-correlative studies on the basis of data collection method. Statistical population included all the undergraduates and masters of Semnan University (10950 people) in the academic year 1396-97 that 266 students (183 undergraduates and 83 masters) were selected as study sample using stratified sampling method. All of them completed the faculty-student interaction (Hernández-López et al, 2016), faculty’s active teaching method (Hernández-López et al, 2016), knowledge acquisition (Hernández-López et al, 2016) and students’ competencies development (Hernández-López et al, 2016) scales. After calculating the validity and reliability of the instruments, the data was analyzed by correlation and path analysis methods. The findings showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between faculty-student interactions, faculty’s active teaching method, and knowledge acquisition with students’ competencies development. Faculty-student interaction has a direct and significant effect on students’ competencies development. Also, faculty-student interaction with the mediation of knowledge acquisition had an indirect and significant effect on students’ competencies development. Faculty’s active teaching method has a direct and significant effect on students’ competencies development. Faculty’s active teaching method with the mediation of knowledge acquisition has an indirect and significant effect on students’ competencies development. Faculty and student interaction, faculty’s active teaching method and knowledge acquisition explain 33% of variance of students’ competencies development. The results indicated the importance of paying attention to the teaching method, how to interact with the student and knowledge acquisition in increasing the students’ competencies