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Williams, Leslie; Martinasek, Mary; Carone, Katie; Sanders, Steve – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: High school students have few physical education (PE) and health requirements for graduation. Twenty-first century students have choices to take their PE and health courses in the traditional face-to-face (F2F) setting or online through accredited virtual schools. The purpose of this inquiry was to examine differences in high school…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Physical Education, Health Education
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Manero, Borja; Torrente, Javier; Fernandez-Vara, Clara; Fernandez-Manjon, Baltasar – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2017
This study examines the influence of players' age, gender, and gaming preferences and habits (from now on, "gaming preferences") on the effectiveness of a specific videogame that has been designed to increase the interest towards classical theater among teenagers. Using a validated instrument, participants were divided into four groups…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Instructional Effectiveness
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Carver, Diane L.; Kosloski, Michael F., Jr. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2015
This study analyzed student perceptions of the psychosocial learning environment in online and face-to-face career and technical education courses, and used survey data from a school district in Washington state. A Mann-Whitney "U" test was used to measure variability and compare the mean scores for a series of psychosocial learning…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Student Attitudes, Online Courses, Vocational Education
Schofield, Shawn Edward – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine Alabama high school principals' perceptions about ACCESS Distance Learning. An exploratory research design was used and data were collected by survey. The survey was emailed to 508 Alabama high school principals representing the 132 school districts statewide (as of 2013). Fifty-two surveys were completed,…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, High Schools, Distance Education
Studebaker, Jeffery A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In an era of increased accountability and diminishing financial resources, secondary schools across the nation are increasingly turning to online course offerings as a way to remediate and in some cases completely educate their students. In addition, students are opting to participate in online courses at an exponentially increasing rate for many…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Mixed Methods Research, Interviews, Academic Achievement
Murphy, Colleen – ProQuest LLC, 2011
A problem exists regarding supportive evidence to determine the differences in student knowledge acquisition at the secondary level between a traditional face-to-face classroom and a hybrid course. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to compare student knowledge acquisition in a face-to-face traditional classroom, where direct…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Conventional Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Secondary Education