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A Real World Comparison of the Effectiveness of Satellite Training and Classroom Training.

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Whetzel, Deborah L.; And Others – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1996

A study assessed the effectiveness of a satellite training program developed for the United States Postal Service and compared it with traditional classroom training for the same courses. Results show slight but statistically significant differences between the two methods of instruction for learning job-related skills. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Distance Education

Student Achievement and Attitude in a Satellite-Delivered High School Science Course.

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Martin, Elaine D.; Rainey, Larry – American Journal of Distance Education, 1993

Discusses results of a study of high school students that was conducted to determine, through measures of student achievement, the educational effectiveness of interactive satellite delivery compared with traditional classroom instruction in anatomy and physiology and to compare the attitudes toward anatomy and physiology of distance students and…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anatomy, Communications Satellites, Comparative Analysis

Distance Learning in North Dakota: A Cross-Technology Study of the Schools, Administrators, Coordinators, Instructors, and Students. Two-Way Interactive Television, AudioGraphic Tele-Learning, [and] Instruction by Satellite.

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Hobbs, Vicki M. – 1990

In 1990 a comparative analysis was conducted of North Dakota student achievement across three forms of distance education: instruction by satellite, audiographic tele-learning, and two way interactive educational television. Based in part on the 1988 study of a German by Satellite program in Missouri and North Dakota, this study mailed…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Communications Satellites, Comparative Analysis