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Student Characteristics that Predict Persistence in Community College Online Courses
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Harrell, Ivan L., II; Bower, Beverly L. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2011
This study examined the student characteristics of learning style, locus of control, computer experience and access, and online course experience on persistence of community college students in online courses. An online survey instrument based on the Barsch Learning Style Inventory (1996), the Abbreviated Measure of Internal-External Locus of…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, College Students, Cognitive Style, Grade Point Average