摘要
The quantitative method here was applied to study the correlation between online participation and academic achievement.The online participation in this study was represented by the frequency with which students raise their hands in four business English reading classes over a single semester,while academic achievements were measured by the scores of the students in the final examination.The results showed a moderate positive correlation in two of the four classes of students between their online participation and scores on class level.Otherwise,there was no correlation in the other two classes.Since there was no strong correlation between online participation and comprehensive performance in this study,it can be inferred that online participation may not likely cause better comprehensive performance in the final examination.
