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Slover, Ed; Mandernach, Jean – Journal of Educators Online, 2018
While it is well-established that nontraditional students are more likely to take online courses than their traditional-age counterparts, investigations of the learning equivalence between online and campus-based instruction typically fail to consider student age as a mediating factor in the learning experience. To examine learning outcomes as a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Intermode Differences, Online Courses
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Guidry, Krisandra – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2013
This study examines whether student performance predictors in a numerically based lecture course are similar to those for the web version of the same course. A numerically based course involves quantitative concepts and requires mathematical calculations. Data were collected from students taking a financial management class at a medium sized state…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Conventional Instruction, Web Based Instruction, Lecture Method
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Hall, Marion; Nix, Ingrid; Baker, Kirsty – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2013
In the current digital environment, it is vital for learners to develop digital literacy skills. The UK's Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (HE) requires graduates to demonstrate digital literacy. Employers consider these skills essential. With the high cost of HE in the UK, learners themselves also expect university courses to…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Student Experience, Student Attitudes, Higher Education
Garman, Deanna Essington – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if there were significant differences in student success in face-to-face and online biology courses as categorized by gender, major, and age; and as measured by lecture grades, lab grades, and final course grades. The data used for analyses included data from 170 face-to-face sections and 127…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Success, Online Courses, Intermode Differences
Russ, Sonya L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Past research in the area of college retention shows that social and academic integration are important elements in ensuring high retention rates. Many past studies show that learning communities are beneficial in helping raise retention rates as learning communities effectively increase the rates of social and academic integration. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement, Social Integration, Communities of Practice
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Levine, Mark; Guy, Paul; Straus, Peter; Levine, H. T. – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
The present study investigates whether pre-business students, after having completed a traditional in class freshmen introduction to global business course, express a difference in preference for such a course to be delivered online versus classroom or no preference at all. The study further explores whether four variables: 1) number of units of…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Preferences, Online Courses, Conventional Instruction