Student Drop-Out in Distance Education: An Application of Tinto's Model.

Sweet, Robert

Notes FAQ Contact Us

Back to results

Peer reviewed

ERIC Number: EJ347722

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1986

Pages: N/A

Abstractor: N/A

ISBN: N/A

ISSN: N/A

EISSN: N/A

Available Date: N/A

Student Drop-Out in Distance Education: An Application of Tinto's Model.

Sweet, Robert

Distance Education, v7 n2 p201-13 Sep 1986

Describes a survey of 356 adult students enrolled in university-level courses at the Open Learning Institute which was conducted to assess the predictive validity of Tinto's theoretical model of student dropout. It was found that, overall, the Tinto model appears to be a useful framework for such investigations. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Correlation, Discriminant Analysis, Distance Education, Dropout Research, Foreign Countries, Models, Nontraditional Education, Nontraditional Students, Postsecondary Education, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables, Research Design, School Surveys

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

Education Level: N/A

Audience: Researchers

Language: English

Sponsor: N/A

Authoring Institution: N/A

Identifiers - Location: Canada

Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A

Author Affiliations: N/A