Causal Analysis of Student´s Characteristics of Note-Taking Activities and Learning Performance during a Fully Online Course

A fully online learning environment requires support procedures in order to promote pro-active learning. This paper presents the causal relationships between student´s characteristics, note-taking skills, learning experience, note assessment and test scores. A structural equation modeling technique is used to trace student´s learning activity as note-taking occurs. The results of this modeling technique suggest that key factors and their contributions to course performance can be measured. Also, the factors which contribute to note-taking activity were examined.